Champagne
L'Opiniâtre Grand Cru - 2017 - Sébastien Mouzon
Champagne Mouzon Leroux
An unforgettable tasting of this sulfur-free Champagne with notes of white fruits, salted butter, and hazelnut. Opulent and round on the palate, with great volume, fine bubbles, and vibrant energy. Phenomenal length, finishing with a delicate salinity and thin, refined, noble bitters.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Champagne Grand Cru
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2030
- rock’n’roll
A blend of 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay from biodynamic and agroforestry-farmed vines planted on the Montagne de Reims in Verzy, a Grand Cru parcel with clay-limestone soils over flint. Harvested by hand. This is a blend of 55% of the 2020 harvest, and 45% of the 2019 and 2018 harvests. Vinification: indigenous yeasts, vinification and aging on gross lees, ageing on laths, disgorged in December 2023, without any dosage. Unfined, unfiltered, very low sulfites.
Sébastien Mouzon
Sébastien Leroux, 43, is at the head of Mouzon-Leroux Champagnes, heir to a family whose winegrowing roots go back to the 18th century. He grew up in the vineyards of Verzy, passed his diploma in winegrowing and then returned to the estate in 2002, where he assisted his parents Pascale and Philippe until 2008. At the age of 28, in 2008, he was hit hard by the global crisis, and opened his eyes...
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