2017 | Champagne Mousse Fils | Special Club Les Fortes de Terres Brut

Aged for a minimum of 36 months, this is a full-bodied, complex champagne with notes of red fruits, brioche, and honey.

Producer Information

The Moussé family has been vine growers for generations, but settled in the commune of Cuisles in 1880, and started bottling under its own label in 1923. Cédric Moussé is the current proprietor, and the fourth-generation winemaker at the estate. Typical to the commune, of the 5.5 hectares of vineyards under the estate’s ownership, the majority are planted with Pinot Meunier (83%) and the rest with Pinot Noir (14%) and Chardonnay (3%). The production also include grapes from vineyards the estate does not own, but these are all farmed and worked by Cédric’s team, and the entire crop used in the estate’s wines benefit from the same viticultural treatment. Cédric places a strong emphasis on respecting the environment and working in a sustainable way, and a new winery completed in 2012 were designed with such objectives in mind. It features solar panels on the roof that power the winery and 2 houses on site, a ground couple heat exchanger that enables temperature control with geothermal energy, and the estate utilises underground spring water for all its needs. Lighter bottles are used to limit CO2 emission. The estate joined the Club Trésors de Champagne in 2005, and now produces two Spécial Club Champagnes that are the tête de cuvée of the estate, the 100% Pinot Meunier Spécial Club, and the 100% Pinot Meunier Spécial Club Rosé de Saignée. The Champagne Moussé Fils wines are typically rich and powerful with a ripe fruit profile, yet increasingly balanced and refined. While the wines, particularly the two Spécial Club Champagnes, can benefit from further ageing, they are ready to drink a year after disgorging. The Moussé Champagnes elevate Pinot Meunier from mere supporting cast to the star of the show.

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