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Famille Mousse, Champagne Les Fortes Terres Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut, 2021

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
by Famille Mousse
$152.99
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2021 was the year frost, hail and mildew tore through the Marne and cost the Mousses the overwhelming majority of their crop, so a single-parcel bottling from that vintage is a small and hard-won thing. Les Fortes Terres sits on the hilltop above Cuisles, where a shallow layer of green clay and limestone marl covers chalk, and the forty-year-old Meunier there gives the most structured wine in the house. It is fermented and aged in stainless steel, put through malolactic, then left on the lees for years before being disgorged with only a trace of dosage. This is the Mousse cuvee for people who think Meunier cannot be serious. A fire destroyed the family's winery in the summer of 2026; the Mousses are rebuilding, and these bottles were made before 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

    Champagne , 2021

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine:

Practicing organic

100% Meunier

A single site on the top of the hill in Cuisles

Terroir of green clay and limestone marl

Yes malo

Fermented and aged in stainless steel

Aged 40 months on the lees

Dosage: 0.5g/L

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast chicken with truffle, veal with mushrooms, buttered lobster, or comte aged two years.

Tasting Profile

White peach, raspberry and candied citrus with toasted almond and chalk. Medium to full body, fine soft mousse, bright acidity, long and dry.

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