Moussé Fils - Les Fortes Terres 2018

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Appellation Champagne
Terroir Marne Valley
Villages Cuisles
Grape Varieties Meunier
Specific Features Blanc de Meuniers
Vintage 2018
Dosage Extra brut (between 0 and 6 g/l)
Color White
Size 750 ml
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Champagne Moussé Fils - Les Fortes Terres 2018

LES FORTES TERRES • 100% MEUNIER

CHARACTERISTICS: Les Fortes Terres was the house's first 100% Meunier cuvée in 2005. We chose this piece of terroir because, year after year, the quality of the wines from this lieu-dit impressed everyone in blind tastings. The power and tension of this wine reflect the identity of this unique soil. For the 2018 vintage, harvesting began on September 6.

TERROIR AND SOILS: Cuisles vineyard: 4 parcels from the lieu-dit "Les Fortes Terres". The steep slopes in the middle of the hillsides, impacted by erosion for hundreds of years, make the soils shallow. Here, green clay is just a few centimeters below the surface, the grapes are concentrated, and the wine reveals white fruit with a predominance of white peach.

WINEMAKING

  • Hand-harvested into horticultural bins
  • Malolactic fermentation
  • Micro-vinification under reduction in small stainless steel containers
  • Use of homemade mined sulfur: 26mg/l H2SO4
  • Sugar added at disgorgement: 0.5 g/l

AGING: 48 months

RECOMMENDATIONS: Ideally enjoyed 6 months after the disgorgement date indicated on the back label.

Moussé Fils - Les Fortes Terres 2018
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Champagne Famille Moussé – Meunier in its purest form, green clay as its signature

Based in Cuisles, in a valley running perpendicular to the Marne, Moussé Fils has been crafting an identity-driven Meunier since 1923, rooted in a unique terroir of green clay soils. The vineyards are spread across three villages but lie on a single south-facing hillside, expressing the full purity of this emblematic grape variety.

Winegrowers since 1629 and winemakers for four generations, the family deliberately steps back behind the terroir, seeking to let the soil and grape variety express themselves while keeping intervention to a minimum.

Since 2003, Cédric Moussé has taken a deeply sustainable approach to an exceptional level. In 2014, the estate abandoned synthetic pesticides, and from 2017 onwards, it began a revolution in the cellar: eliminating all oenological “masks” (dosage sugar, new oak, petrochemical-derived sulphur, etc.). The objective is clear: pure, taut and vibrant Meunier wines, driven by the energy of the place.

The entire estate is designed to reduce its carbon footprint and protect ecosystems:

Homemade compost moistened with recycled water; harvesting tools designed to limit oxidation and therefore minimise the use of sulphur; an eco-designed cellar with energy self-sufficiency and heating powered by uprooted vine wood; natural temperature regulation using a climate well and Champagne grape marc; natural treatments based on plants and essential oils without chemical weed control; horse-drawn vineyard work; 10 weather stations and lunar planting practices; lightweight bottles fitted with NDtech corks guaranteed to be free from cork taint.

Champagne Famille Moussé embodies living, visionary and deeply committed viticulture, where each cuvée is a vehicle for energy, truth and terroir.

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