Philipponnat

The Philipponnat family's presence in Champagne dates to 1522, spanning more than 500 years, when Apvril le Philipponnat came to own vineyards in Mareuil and Aÿ through his marriage to Marie d'Ambonnay. The modern Maison Philipponnat was founded in 1910 in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ by the brothers Auguste and Pierre Philipponnat, who created their own company and acquired the Château de Mareuil cellars. The Maison has continued under family operational leadership through subsequent generations, with Charles Philipponnat representing the family in the modern era.

• Philipponnat family owned vineyards in Mareuil and Aÿ from 1522
• Maison Philipponnat founded 1910 in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ by Auguste and Pierre Philipponnat
• Family presence in Champagne spans more than 500 years
• Charles Philipponnat represents the family in modern operational leadership

In 1935, Pierre Philipponnat acquired the Clos des Goisses, a south-facing walled vineyard on the right bank of the Marne in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, beginning with the first 2.4 hectares and continuing to buy vines thereafter. The clos now spans almost six hectares across fourteen plots and is held by Philipponnat as a monopole. Its slope varies from 35 to 45 degrees, making it the most pronounced slope over such a large surface area in all of Champagne and the sunniest site in the region. Philipponnat produces a single-vineyard prestige cuvée from Clos des Goisses, vinified mainly in wooden barrels without malolactic fermentation, aged nine to eleven years, and finished with a low dosage of about 4 grams per liter.

• Clos des Goisses almost six-hectare walled vineyard acquired by Pierre Philipponnat from 1935
• South-facing slope varying from 35 to 45 degrees above the Marne
• Held by Philipponnat as a monopole, spanning fourteen plots
• Cuvée vinified in wooden barrels without malolactic fermentation, aged nine to eleven years

Philipponnat's vineyard portfolio is anchored in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, the Premier Cru village that sits immediately east of Grand Cru Aÿ. The Maison's approximately 20 hectares of Premier and Grand Cru estate vineyards include Clos des Goisses plus parcels distributed across Aÿ, Avenay-Val-d'Or, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, and Mutigny. Pinot Noir dominates the holdings, in line with the Vallée de la Marne sub-region's Pinot-led identity, with Chardonnay holding smaller blocks for blanc de blancs cuvées.

• Approximately 20 hectares of Premier and Grand Cru estate vineyards anchored in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
• Parcels distributed across Aÿ, Avenay-Val-d'Or, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, and Mutigny
• Pinot Noir dominates the holdings in keeping with Vallée de la Marne identity
• Chardonnay holds smaller blocks for blanc de blancs cuvées

Philipponnat is part of the publicly listed Lanson-BCC group (Euronext Growth), which is family-controlled, one of the larger Champagne ownership groups. Group membership gives the Maison broader commercial reach while Charles Philipponnat leads operations as Chairman and Managing Director. The house style has remained consistent, with Clos des Goisses in particular continuing to be released as a vintage prestige cuvée only in years the Maison judges exceptional. Recent decades have seen Charles Philipponnat reinvest in Clos des Goisses parcel work and prestige-cuvée release.

• Part of the publicly listed Lanson-BCC group (Euronext Growth), which is family-controlled
• Charles Philipponnat leads operations as Chairman and Managing Director
• House style and release calendar have remained consistent
• Clos des Goisses released as vintage-only in exceptional years

The Philipponnat range extends beyond Clos des Goisses with Royale Réserve Brut NV (the Maison's volume face), Cuvée 1522 (a Pinot Noir-led prestige cuvée named for the family's recorded date in Aÿ), Grand Blanc (blanc de blancs), Blanc de Noirs, and the single-vineyard Le Léon. Royale Réserve NV is Pinot Noir-led, drawing on a perpetual reserve held as a solera under wood for its non-vintage blends, and Philipponnat was the first house to specify the dominant base year on its counter-labels. The house style sits at the structured, age-worthy end of the Champagne spectrum, with Clos des Goisses in particular treated by collectors as one of Champagne's most age-worthy single-vineyard cuvées.