Philipponnat Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut 2014

Taut and focused from the first pour, with white peach, lime zest, and crushed chalk threading through a lean, stony frame. Fine bubbles carry the wine's energy without softening its edge, there's real tension here, the kind that keeps you returning to the glass. Depth and precision arrive together, with neither sacrificing the other. The finish is long and briny, fading slowly on a note of oyster-shell and cool stone.