Champagne Philipponnat - Cuvée 1522 Grand Cru Extra Brut 2015 and the highly talented winemaker

and the highly talented winemaker Panagiotis Papagiannopoulos

After a spell of skin contact and gentle pressing

The effort to clear the land was a family affair involving John’s daughter Kristi and her husband Shawn

Viña Cubillo wines come from the vineyard called Viña Cubillas

and established a nature preserve to support the local flora and wildlife

Champagne Philipponnat - Cuvée 1522 Grand Cru Extra Brut 2015 and the highly talented winemakerPhilipponnat crafts its wines using exclusively first press juice from the finest grapes, mainly from Premier and Grand Cru plots, and is committed to harvesting grapes when they reach greater maturity than the average in the Champagne wine growing region. A portion of the wines is fermented or matured in casks, which is exceptional for Champagne; aging in wood gives them greater complexity without in any way coarsening them. Wines are aged in the