Champagne Moutard Cuvée 6 Cépages

WHY WE LOVE IT

• Grown in Champagne, this cuvée is made up of the six grape varieties.
• It has woody, mineral, powerful, round and supple flavors.
• The vine age is 10 to 20 years.
• The vineyard is on soils of clay-limestone on the Kimmeridgian of the Côte des Bar, commune of Buxeuil and Polisy.

Varietal Composition: Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir

Elaboration: Pruned in Chablis for Chardonnay and in Guyot for Pinot-Noir. Destemmed. This champagne underwent alcoholic fermentation in second and third wine Burgundy barrels, corked with a clip during the fermentation before being aged on slats for a minimum of 6 years and then dosed at 3g/litre.

Tasting Notes:  The nose offers a festival of aromas: notes of iris, lime blossom, dried flowers, fresh almond, hazelnut, peach, pear and citrus fruits, combined with notes of vanilla and honey. The palate is in harmony with the nose. The attack is frank and clean with freshness. The fat, combined with a certain vinosity, marries the woodiness. The fruity notes return with great persistence, long after the last sip.

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PRODUCER BACKGROUND

In 1958, Lucien Moutard married into a family whose ancestors first cultivated vines on the Buxeuil hillsides in 1642. Buxeuil is a village 200 km southeast of Paris in the Côte-des-Bar region. Lucien had inherited the art of cultivating the local land from his father, Paul, and passed it on to his children: Agnès, Véronique, and François.

The family patriarch instilled a sense of family in his children. “Working as a family was very important to him. He would be happy to see the family’s success,” says his son, François. Today, François, Agnès, and Véronique carry on the family business along with another generation. The entire family is well-versed in every step of the winemaking process from vine to customer.