L'ATAVIQUE BASE 2020 (Champagne MOUZON-LEROUX)

TERROIR

The Grand Cru plots that give birth to L' ATAVIQUE are located in the Verzy village.
The soils are composed of the famous Campanian chalk which covers the entire Côte des Blancs, and whose sedimentation took place 80 million years ago, at the time of the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian).

The region was then covered with a calm and shallow water that was extremely rich in microorganisms whose skeletons formed this chalk of great purity.

In the Montagne de Reims sector, the chalk shows a characteristic that cannot be found elsewhere : it is exceptionally rich in flint, whose presence gives the wines great finesse and precision.
On this terroir, the Pinot Noir brings roundness, and the Chardonnay ensures, by its finesse, its fruitiness and its natural acidity, a perfect cellar potential for those white and black grapes blend.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are managed according to the organic farming principles. No synthetic product is used, the rows are grassed and winter seedlings allow the soil to be nourished. The hens are part of the landscape and roam among the vines.

In the cellar, the pinot noir and chardonnay grapes are immediately pressed so as not to color the juice. Alcoholic fermentation is carried out using a starter of indigenous yeast if the fermentation's start is not spontaneous or a little bit slow. Malolactic fermentation takes over because the winemaker does not try to inhibit it in order to avoid adding sulphits to the must.

The must is then aged on fine and coarse lees for 6 months. It is then bottled without fining or filtration and aged on slats for 32 months in the estate cellars

No sugar si added to the Base 2020 L' ATAVIQUE champagne after disgorging. The bottle rests for another extra 6 months in the cellar for its stabilization.

• Blend: 2020 (55%) - 2019/2018 (45%)
• Malolactic fermentation: Yes
• Disgorgement date: December 2023
  
• Sugar addition: 0 g/l