NV Famille Moussé Champagne Les Vignes De Mon Village (perpetual 2014 -2019)

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  5/17/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Champagne In My Backyard: Tasted blind yesterday, then retasted this morning, alongside the 2018 base (which is the previous year's disgorgement from the same perpetual). Yesterday the wine was slotted blind into a larger tasting, with no knowledge of where it was in the lineup. Most of the wines had a a good cool temp on them, I presume this one did too. Of note, of the 20 or so wines we did yesterday, this 2019 base was one of the very few that I starred as in my Top 3 (which occurred prior to the reveal so there was no bias in my selection, for what it's worth). 100% Pinot Meunier, no dosage, from vines around the village. Juicy and fruity. Good mix of fruit, acid and dosage (although I need to emphasize that this cuvee is without dosage). Candied lime, complete and very enjoyable are my notes. I then retasted both the 2018 and 2019 base bottles this morning after breakfast, with both wines at a room temp of around 68f. This morning the 2019 base feels more unctuous, especially next to the power and wound up nature of the 2018 base. The 2019 seems more polished to me (what I called 'complete' yesterday). Nectarine, yellow apple and even a sensation of honey (remember, this is a no dosage perpetual). It kinda reminds me of a Chardonnay profile, given the yellow apple and some cool orange flesh. Suave, I'd say a bit less acid than the 2018 base, a real pleasure to drink. Overall, at least in this side by side of both, I'd recommend to age the 2018 base for longer, and enjoy the 2019 base now, for its real pleasure it shows.

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  5/13/2023 - grafstrb wrote:

  Blind Champagne at FMIII's: Light Nose. Brighter, and more Chardonnay-like, than the '18 perpetuelle. I liked this, and preferred it to the '18 perpetuelle --- both when tasting blind, and side-by-side after the reveals.

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  5/13/2023 - WetRock wrote:

  Served blind. Reserved nose showing minerals and chalk. Bright palate. Light and chalky. I thought it might be a Brut. Nice wine.

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  2/4/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  First bottle of the 2021 disgorgement, with the perpetual now including the impact of the 2019 base (at 50%). 100% Pinot Meunier, no dosage. Opened yesterday, consumed over 2 days. When I first opened the bottle, it was very fruit driven, flush with stone fruits (like peach) and a red berry that seemed more raspberry in tone. Later on the first day, it started to become more linear and less fruit-centric (I'm thinking I had it too chilled). Stoppered overnight, then retasting today. Lots of fleshy pear in this disgorgement, with mandarin orange, crisp apple, a light shading of grapefruit, too. And yesterday I mentioned raspberry, and there is a bit of raspberry compote here, too. I'm gonna have to revert back to my comment about this being fruit centric, as it really is. One thing is very certain here: no one should have any argument that the missing dosage here is leaning down this wine. Quite the contrary, as there is plenty of stuffing with the vivid fruit.

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