This delivers attractive richness and body with nicely balanced acidity and fleshy fruit. Light berries and yellow citrus fruit with stone-fruit and pastry notes. The palate has supple peach and peach-pastry flavors. Lots to like and certainly a cut above the average NV offering. Drink now.

Comprising 44% wine from the 2021 vintage and 56% reserve wines held in perpetual reserve, Philipponnat’s NV Réserve Perpétuelle Brut—formerly known as Brut Royale Réserve—opens with an inviting bouquet of ripe peach, red berries, pear and pastry. On the palate, it is medium- to full-bodied, broad-shouldered and textural, delivering a generous, enveloping style energized by racy acidity. While the base vintage is vinified primarily in stainless steel, the reserve wines are stored in oak, and the wine undergoes partial malolactic fermentation. This bottling was disgorged in December 2024 with a dosage of eight grams per liter.