Moussé Fils – Terre d'Illite 2017

The cuvee

Moussé Fils – Terre d'Illite 2017

80% MEUNIER 20% PINOT NOIR

FEATURES
This Champagne from a single vintage highlights the particularities of an exceptional year.

The year 2017: start of the harvest on September 8, 2017 after a very wet end to the season: 28 days of rain out of 35 days before the harvest.

TERROIR AND SOILS
The name of this vintage comes from the green clays. Indeed, our soils are a little deep, with very draining calcareous marls, and systematically a thick vein of green clay, called "Illite" in pedology.

During long periods of drought, especially during the summer, green clay is the only soil where moisture persists. The fineness and purity of these clays guarantee a supply of water to our grapes.

VINIFICATION

• Selection of the best juices
• Malolactic fermentation
• Fine earth filtration process, no fining
• Dosage: 2 g/l

AGING
50 months

PREVIOUS VINTAGES
1999 (birth of the vintage) 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015

RECOMMENDATIONS
Ideally to be enjoyed 1 year after the disgorging date indicated on the back label.

Storage: 10 years