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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 60 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 3/18/2024 & rated 92 points: Medium+ nose intensity with notes of pear, apple, lemon, toast. High acidity. (291 views) | | | Tasted by Bakerbd on 8/4/2023 & rated 92 points: Disgorged 6/6/17. Orchard fruit, bing cherries, mineral and bright (847 views) | | | Tasted by 1W2T on 3/29/2023 & rated 93 points: En fantastisk 100% meunier, första gissningen är att det är en 100% Chardonnay… imponerad och denna skulle jag gärna dricka ofta!! (1175 views) | | | Tasted by Sarastro on 3/9/2023 & rated 92 points: Truly beautiful Blanc de Meunier.
Elegant, very balanced and one of those champagne that benefit from being a "nature" keeping it very clean and precise.
A nice bottle for the price (1046 views) | | | Tasted by 1W2T on 2/11/2023 & rated 92 points: Överraskande bra 100% Pinot Meunier… köp fler!! (1107 views) | | | Tasted by krauburgunder on 2/3/2023: Very linear, reductive, fresh fruit, tons of minerality. Classic Moussé Fils style with a bit of added complexity/minerality. (940 views) | | | Tasted by Steve.330i on 1/14/2023 & rated 91 points: Consistent with my previous notes (715 views) | | | Tasted by grafstrb on 1/1/2023: -- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over 2 - 3 hrs. --
-- 100% Pinot Meunier --
-- Dosage: 0 g/L --
-- Disgorgement: December 2021 --
NOSE: initially, light and bright; jasmine; light orange blossom note after a couple hours open.
BODY: light to medium-light bodied; light yellow color with a slight green tint to it.
TASTE: very dry; bright fruits, but it does have a bit of that heaviness or richness I usually associate with Pinot Meunier; vinous apple/pear combo, leaning more towards pear; a touch grassy; does not have the crispness of the BdBs I prefer. This certainly isn't bad in any way, but I can't really say it hit any of my buttons. At some point, I may just give-up on Pinot Meunier, but I'm not there yet. (813 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 12/26/2022: My final bottle of the 2020 disgorgement, this is the 2014 - 2017 perpetual (the latter being the 'base' so to speak). 100% Meunier from around Cuisles, no dosage. Opened yesterday. Tangy peach, lime and a mineral streak, all coming through the wine when it is chilled. Once I let the chill wear off, and to let the wine get closer to the high 60s, that blood orange comes through and it contributes the core of the acidity. So, think peach flesh, blood orange, cranberry, drizzled lime with a bit of honey. Just a lot of cool flavors mixing together that I enjoy. Based on this bottle, I decided to reload some more this weekend, as I believe the new release is now inclusive of the 2018 and perhaps the 2019 but won't know until they arrive. Doesn't matter as I expect it to be good when inclusive of these vintages, and at $55, these remain a great value, a real pleasure to drink. (1065 views) | | | Tasted by jvphoto on 11/16/2022 & rated 92 points: Some chewy fruit that doesn’t seem like it’s a brut nature. Canned peach, cherry, ginger, green tea.
DG 9/21 2014-2019 perpetual blend (865 views) | | | Tasted by jvphoto on 7/16/2022 & rated 92 points: Some chewy fruit that doesn’t seem like it’s a brut nature. Canned peach, cherry, ginger, green tea.
DG 9/21 2014-2019 perpetual blend (1443 views) | | | Tasted by assaggi on 7/4/2022 & rated 91 points: Perpetuelle 2014/2018
Degorgement 21 Decembre 2021
Dosage 0g/l
100% Meunier
Pale yellow, nose is floral with a light lime and pear nuances. Perlage medium, moves more in the the vinous direction.
Needs quite some time and aeration to find its stride. An elegant, linear champagne with surprising freshness for a muenier, makes one believe one is drinking chardonnay. Really good and persistent finish. The low sulphur (24mg/l) is noticable and really articulates the aromatcs. I would be very conservative with longer drinking windows. However the champange is so good so why wait. (481 views) | | | Tasted by melvinyeowq on 7/2/2022 & rated 90 points: Vinum Piedmont tasting: 2017 base. Round and ripe that belied the zero dosage, more classical champagne than the L'Extra Or. The green apple note here reminded me of Bereche. Pleasurable. (1889 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 6/26/2022: Paul's Annual Champagne Tasting: Disgorged 2019, so I assume this is the 2014-2017 perpetual composition. Grapefruit, blood orange, green tropicals and a fresh expression. (1671 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 6/16/2022: First bottle of the 2018 disgorgement, June to be specific. This matters because this disgorgement expands the perpetualle cuvee and brings in 2017 to the blend, joining 2014 - 2016, which now have smaller contributions to the composition. 100% Meunier from around the village of Cuisles. Opened this last night, will work through this over the next few nights. This is full of energy, in part because it lacks dosage. So, you get that immediate brightness from the wine when chilled. Aromatic of citrus zest. And in my own belief, the wines of this style need to be allowed to settle and warm a bit, not be crushed by chill. So, with just a bit of coolness on the wine, the texture emerges and the electricity is tamed. Blood orange, pomelo, brisk peach and raspberry too. Finishes with a good hit of minerality and nectarine skin. I consistently like this cuvee for its energy and presence. Be interested to see when Big Ced releases the next disgorgement, with the sunny vintage of 2018 imprinting the cuvee, how it once again will transform the expression. (1668 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 1/24/2022: My final bottle of the 2018 disgorgement. Opened this last night, had a glass or so and then stoppered it up for today. !00% Pinot Meunier, no dosage built with the perpetual that Cedric started back in 2014, using fruit through the 2016 vintage. Aromas of lees, mint and crushed rock. The texture is fleshy, with apple, ginger, raspberry, mint and peach, along with a pink grapefruit providing the acidity. The finish has a cool minerality that is refreshing, along with yellow apple. This is drinking really well at this stage, as the acidity, structure and texture are all working together. I've said on past occasions that I believe this is the best wine that Cedric makes and after this bottle I still hold the same high regard. Great bottle. My 2020 disgorgements of Mon Village should be here any day, and I look forward to getting one of those open and seeing how the perpetual is coming along. (1990 views) | | | Tasted by bram_epicurien on 11/20/2021 & rated 90 points: Saturday evening with our friend Jasmin. Disgorged April 2018. Smoky nose, pineapple, citrus, hay and minerality. Med+ acidity, Med flavor intensity, Med body, Med alcohol, Med finish. Nice salinity, still young, balanced fruit, pineapple, smokiness, like it. (1723 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 7/17/2021: July 2019 disgorgement, 100% Pinot Meunier with no dosage. This bottle showed a more precise, leaner and powerful quality. It had some shadings of Sauvignon Blanc, meaning some energy that was spicy, tart, almost like a gooseberry, and detectable grapefruit, too. Actually, it shows pretty similar to the 2019 disgorgement we poured blind a few months ago. Some apple here, plenty of acidity and racy in tone. I have to say that I tend to favor the 2018 disgorgement (which is made up of 2014-2016 base wines), as the 2017 base wine's addition to the perpetualle here seems to have leaned down the features of the rest of the cuvee's proportions. It will be very interesting to see what Cedric's addition of the 2018 base does to the perpetualle's balance. I know this all might sound like a lot of nonsense but this is still a young perpetualle cuvee, and one that can be in my opinion impacted greatly by the newest base vintage that gets added. So, with 2018's inclusion coming out this year, I will be eager to see how the wine's balance and composition translates in the glass. In sum, I really like this wine and continue to believe it is the most distinctive wine in Cedric's range. (2115 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 5/29/2021: Another bottle of the 2018 disgorgement. This showed terrific again with peach, honeyed apple, mint, and a nice tang of citrus acidity. This bottle also had a zesty quality yet drank with the same balance as the bottle last month. Drained by the table, nothing to retaste tomorrow :) (2088 views) | | | Tasted by thesternowl on 5/27/2021 & rated 92 points: Somewhat of an outlier in the world of serious Champagne, Moussé Fils predominately works with Pinot Meunier which makes up the overwhelming majority of their holdings. This example, “Les Vignes de Mon Village” happens to be 100% Pinot Meunier from Cuisles bottled with zero dosage and fermented in stainless steel (as is most of their wines). One other rather interesting aspect of this particular designation is that it’s bottled and aged with a cork enclosure, as opposed to a crown cap. In the glass, it presents as a pail straw color with a persistent mousse. The nose displayed pink apple, squished raspberries, red flowers and an autolytic note that reminded me of wet chalk. On the palate, lemons, pears, strawberry, chalk and…on the finish, which is quite long and very dry, there’s lime. Fabulous acid. A lovely Champagne. Moussé Fils is a producer that should be on everyone’s radar. Disgorged January 31, 2018. (2170 views) | | | Tasted by brigcampbell on 4/23/2021: Book Club - Reunited (Steve's Place): blind: guessed blanc de blanc and zero dosage
2014-2017
Wow - this is the same NV at the 2014-2016 but with the addition of 2017. That is very hard to wrap my head around because the 2014-16 had a hint of sweetness and this wine is as angular and aggressive as it gets with a sparkler. Too much for my liking other than a food wine. Strong citric acid and low fruit profile that fades mid palate. Not balanced. (2178 views) | | | Tasted by brigcampbell on 4/23/2021: Book Club - Reunited (Steve's Place): Blind: thought this was Vilmart Grand Cellier
2014-2016
Interestingly, I had this NV about 3 years ago and guess Pinot Meunier. This time, no go. As we learned from the two NV in this flight with different disgorgement dates, the wines are completely different.
This has a really nice balance to it - yellow apple on the attack and fine bubbles. good tropical notes on the backend. Very good stuff
Big take away? Tasting notes from others on NV might not be remotely the same wine (2085 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 4/22/2021: Bookclub--Wines Tasted Blind: Poured blind. 100% Pinot Meunier from the village of Cuisles, no dosage, done in stainless steel and elevage under cork (not cap). This is the 2018 disgorgement, so it is built with just the 2014 - 2016 vintage blend. We tasted this disgorgement alongside the 2019 disgorgement, and last night I preferred the 2018 disgorgement. Yellow apple, good mineral like a slate, gunpowder, caramel and raspberry. Becomes lightly creamy with more air. The lesson here worth reinforcing is that in a perpetualle assembly like Vignes de Mon Village, you gotta know what's in it. And with the addition of the 2017 base wine to the 2019 disgorgement, it really does create a contrast with the 2018. And as this cuvee moves forward, and we see the 2020 disgorgement released this year, which will now include the 2018 vintage, it would be instrucutve again to put the different disgorgements side by side. (1711 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 4/22/2021: Bookclub--Wines Tasted Blind: Poured blind. 100% Pinot Meunier from the village of Cuisles, no dosage, done in stainless steel and elevage under cork (not cap). This is the 2019 disgorgement, so it includes the 2014 - 2016 perpetualle blend, plus the addition of 40% 2017. We tasted this disgorgement alongside the 2018 disgorgement, which is just the 2014 - 2016 assembly It's interesting to me how just merely adding the 2017 wine to the cuvee can change it so markedly. The 2017 wine takes the cuvee into a zestier, brighter, leaner experience. Lime, green apple (versus the more suave yellow apple that really defines the 2018 disgorgement). Also in the 2019 is tangerine, pineapple, and a spicy impression. My sense now is that the disgorgement one prefers will come down to what you want to taste: suave and more creamy with the 2018 or the more driven 2019. (1667 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 3/13/2021: Discovered a little more stash of these recently so I grabbed one. In talking with Cedric recently, I better understand this cuvee now, given his objective to make a perpetualle from Pinot Meunier vines from around his village of Cuisles. This is the disgorgement from January 2018, so it's a mix of 2014/2015/2016, 40%/40%/20% respectively with no dosage, aged under cork. For context, I already have tastings recorded of the 2019 disgorgement, which is 2014/2015/2016/2017, a wine that really exhibited again how talented Cedric is, and how smashing good this cuvee already is and will continue to be as the perpetualle grows forward. I should have bought more of that disgorgement but hindsight is always clear. Anyway, back to the 2018 disgorgement...opened this up at room temperature (66f) and tasted it straight away. The core shows a grapefruit colliding with apples and mango, then finishing with a dollop of saline, ginger, snappy red berry, apple and a steely note. This is terrific, and while I dig his L'extra and Terre d'illite cuvees, even his Special Club bottlings, I remain very impressed about how this cuvee can really showcase Cedric's work. (1676 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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