L'ANGELIQUE 2016 (Champagne MOUZON-LEROUX)
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Grape variety: Chardonnay (100%)
Brut Nature Grand Cru Vintage Sugar addition: 0 g/l
- Nose: elegant and smooth. Brioche and floral notes. Fragrance of white flowers, candied citrus fruits, orange peel.
- Palate: tonic, fresh and salivating. Beautiful aromatic persistence.
Tasting date: November 2022.
OUR OPINION: a very fine vintage, rich and complex. I particularly like the candied fruit flavour, a real delicacy that cannot be found in previous vintages. It is fresh and very sapid!
The exceptional bottle's weight (1.8kg) may result in higher shipping costs for the final shopping cart.
TERROIR
The Chardonnay vines are planted on plots located east of Verzy, where the Campanian chalk, exceptionally rich in flint, is outcropping. This terroir, formed in the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian) 80 million years ago, is testament of a formerly calm, shallow sea presence, at the bottom of which living organisms skeletons were sedimented to form this chalk.
WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING
The vines are grown according the Organic Farming principles.
The alcoholic fermentation starts with the a native yeasts sourdough starter. The must, with its high natural acidity, carries out its malolactic fermentation, which allows the wine not to be treated with sulphite and ensures a microbial stabilization.
It is aged on fine and coarse lees for 6 months, half in oak barrels, half in vats. It is then bottled without sticking or filtration, and aged on slats for 56 months in the estate cellars.
No sugar is added after disgorgement.
- Vintage : 2016
- Malolactic fermentation : Yes
- Disgorgement date : October 2021 & April 2022
- Sugar addition : 0 g/l
| Country | Champagne |
| Color | White |
| Orange wines | No |
| Clay amphorae wines | No |
| Type | Brut Nature |
| Classification | Grand Cru |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Capacity | 75 cl |
| Single Grape Variety | Chardonnay |
| Alcohol rate | 12 % |
| Quality Designation | Champagne |
| Cellar Potential | 10 years |
| Service advise | 10°-12°C (50-53°F). Open 1/2hr before the service. |
| Culture Methods | Certified Organic Agriculture |
| Sugar addition | 0 g/l |
| Fining | No |
| Filtering | No |
| Comments | Malolactic fermentation done. Fine lees ageing for 6 months. Second fermentation and slats ageing for 51 months. Extra 6 months ageing in cellar after disgorging and before marketing. |
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