 Wine Regions of France:
Champagne
France Region:
Champagne
This is a small, family run champagne producer located in the town of Moussy. Their various vineyard parcels total just under 15 acres, from which just over 4,000 cases of champagne are made a year. Their Côtes de Blancs vineyards (comprising 50% of their holdings) are located in Cramant, Chouilly and Oiry, all considered 100% Grand Cru for Chardonnay.
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Harvest is by hand and the wines are aged in stainless steel tanks. The Moncuits avoid using wood, as they feel it gets in the way of the village's hallmark delicacy and minerality. The wines normally go through malolactic, except in certain vintages when acidity is low - - not often a problem in Le Mesnil.
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The Lancelot family have been champagne growers for over 120 years. At the beginning of the 1900's, Jean Baptiste Lancelot, in addition to growing his own vines in the town of Cramant, was also the head winemaker at Mumm. He gave his passion to his son Jean who, after working at a number of champagne houses, began bottling champagne from his own vineyards. Just after the second world war, he began commercializing these bottles.
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The Serge Mathieu champagne House is located in the small village of Avirey-Lingey, in the Aube départment. The Aube is about a two-hour drive south of Epernay, and once one leaves the Côte de Blancs, there are really no vines in sight. Chablis is another 45 minutes down the road from Avirey-Lingey, which would make you think that this would be prime chardonnay territory. In fact, it is prime pinot noir territory, and about 85% of the Aube is planted with pinot noir.
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