L'INCANDESCENT R-2018 (Champagne MOUZON-LEROUX)

TERROIR

L 'INCANDESCENT is a vintage rosé champagne made from Pinot noir, the dominant grape variety from the Montagne de Reims, whose vines are planted west of Verzy, near Verzenay and Mailly-Champagne. villages.

The terroir of the Pinot Noir plots that compose the L 'INCANDESCENT champagne is formed, on the surface, of a thick layer of heavy clays which hide the Champagne typical chalk subsoil formed in the Campanian, an Upper Cretaceous stage dating back to -80 million years.
The region was covered at that time with a shallow and calm water which allowed the sedimentation of the marine animals limestone skeletons which inhabit it, forming this famous chalk that can be seen outcropping east of Verzy.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are cultivated in accordance with the Organic Agriculture specifications. No synthetic product is used.

In the cellar, the Pinot noir grapes are harvested and then destemmed. They macerate in vats for about 28 hours, the juice is then drawn off and fermented with the native yeasts. The malolactic fermentation then starts, as the winegrower wishes to limit the sulphiting of these champagnes.

The must is aged on fine and coarse lees for 6 months in oak barrels for 20% of the must and in vats for the remaining 80%.

There is no fining or filtration before bottling. Sugar is added to trigger the second fermentation in the bottle while the champagne is ageing on slats for 32 months.
After disgorging, sugar is added at a dose of 1.5 g/l, and the champagne rests for 6 extra months in cellar for its stabilization.

• Harvest: 2018 (100%)
• Malolactic fermentation: Yes
• Disgorgement date: January 2022 & October 2022
• Sugar addition: 1,5 g/l