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Famille Mousse, Ratafia "La Recette d'Edmond", NV (500ml)

Dessert Wine from Champagne, France
by Famille Mousse
$72.99
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Ratafia is Champagne's old house drink, made by stopping fresh grape juice with grape spirit so it never ferments, and this one is Edmond Mousse's recipe, kept in the family since he took over the estate in 1947. It is 100% Meunier from the green clay of Cuisles, aged two years in barrel, and lands around eighteen percent alcohol, sweet but carried by the grape's natural acidity rather than smothered by sugar. Growers in the Marne have made this for their own tables for generations and almost none of it leaves the region, so it is a rare thing to find on a shelf in New York. Serve it cold in a small glass, before dinner or well after it.

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More about Famille Mousse

Growers since 1750 in the village of Cuisles, in a side valley off the Marne, Famille Moussé is now run by fourth-generation Cédric Moussé, who farms organically, runs the cellar on solar and geothermal power, and lets sheep, pigs and chickens work the vines. Meunier is the star here, about 80% of the vineyard, and the band of green illite clay under Cuisles gives it a lift and finesse that makes the case for Champagne's underdog grape.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Meunier

  • Vintage

    NV

  • Size

    500ml

  • Sweetness

    Sweet

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine:

Practicing organic

100% Meunier

Ratafia is made from adding distilled spirit made from grape must to fresh grape juice

Aged 24 months in barrel

17.9% ALC BY VOL

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roquefort and other blue cheeses, foie gras or country pate, walnut tart, or a bowl of ripe stone fruit.

Tasting Profile

Sweet and grapey, with dried apricot, honey, orange peel and a nutty barrel note. Medium-bodied and warming, with enough acidity to keep the finish clean.

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