Mousse Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs “Les Vignes de Mon Village” NV 750ml

The NV Champagne Les Vignes de Mon Village is sourced exclusively from Meunier from Cuisles, raised in stainless steel, and it spent 48 months on the lees. Confectionary notes of sugar cookie lift from the glass, with ripe berries and a pure, clean wet stone. It has finesse and balance on the palate, and as with the rest of the range, it is approachable and inviting on the palate, with fresh berries and white flowers. It is fairly long on the palate and moves to more orange zest and salinity on the finish. I think this will hold up nicely over the next 15-20 years.

• Country: France
• Region: Champagne
• Size: 750ml
• Alcohol by Vol: 12.0%

Varietal

Champagne Blend

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.