Philipponnat’s 1999 Clos des Goisses is a brilliant wine in the making, but it is still very, very young and has some SO2 to work through before it will really be ready for primetime drinking. The superb bouquet is a...
Philipponnat’s 1999 Clos des Goisses is a brilliant wine in the making, but it is still very, very young and has some SO2 to work through before it will really be ready for primetime drinking. The superb bouquet is a youthful and vibrant blend of grapefruit, white currant, kaleidoscopic minerality, brioche, gentle smokiness and orange zest. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nascently complex, with a rock solid core of fruit, utterly refined mousse, brisk acids, laser-like focus and stunning mineral drive on the very, very long and snappy finish. This is a great wine in the making, but I would not consider opening a bottle of the ’99 Clos des Goisses for at least another four or five years. It is not that the wine is not drinkable at this early stage, but to open bottles now is to waste precious magic in the future! A great wine in the making, but exercise a bit of patience. 94+