Famille Mousse, Champagne Les Vignes de Mon Village Longue Garde Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, NV NET The acidity keeps the fruit

The acidity keeps the fruit lively

then raised about 70% in barrel and 30% in tank with lees stirring

and makes microscopic quantities

Drinking beautifully right now

It's 100% Cabernet Franc from a single parcel of organically farmed vines on sand

Famille Mousse, Champagne Les Vignes de Mon Village Longue Garde Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, NV NET The acidity keeps the fruitEight years on the lees, no dosage, and nothing in the bottle but old vine Meunier from Cuisles. Longue Garde is how Cedric Mousse shows what his flagship becomes with time: the same forty year old vines on green clay, sand and limestone that go into the standard Les Vignes de Mon Village, but drawn from the 2014 and 2015 harvests and left undisturbed on their lees for roughly ninety six months before disgorgement. Fermentation and aging happen in