100% Pinot Meunier. Village/vineyard: Cuisles - 4 parcels from the lieu-dit ‘Les Fortes Terres’. Illite (green clay) soils. Elevage in stainless steel. Aged sur latte for 36 months.
Made from 100% Meunier, the 2017 Champagne Special Club Brut has a delicate approach, with its layers unfolding gently from the glass. Initially it displays notes of wet stone, pretty flowers, and delicate fresh raspberry fruits. The palate has more tension and nerve that suggests this will take more time to open, but I love its racier feel. It is linear, though not without its fruit wrapped around its backbone of minerality and acidity. Best after 2024. - 95pts Jeb Dunnuck
About the Producer
A grower since 1750, Champagne Mousse sits in the village of Cuisles, in a valley perpendicular to the Vallee de la Marne. This side valley has a unique soil in Champagne: a schist subsoil underclay. While pinot meunier often struggles to be taken seriously in Champagne, at Mousse, pinot meunier is celebrated. 80% of the vines planted are meunier, with the balance planted to pinot noir and chardonnay. This agency is the only member of the Club de Tresor to make a Special Club wine of 100% Pinot Meunier. In the vineyards, Cedric Mousse adheres to a lutte raisonee approach. He practices organic viticulture, using herbal infusions that act like vitamins for the vines, cover crops, zero pesticides, and minimal doses of heavy metals like copper
