Mouzon Leroux "L'Atavique" Extra Brut 1.5L MAGNUM

(Base 2020)

60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay

55% 2019, 45% Reserve Wine (16/17); Raised in used barrels of varying sizes

10 months in wood, then bottled for the second fermentation. 28 months en tirage before disgorgement.

L'Atavique - Non-vintage Champagne that is a blend of all 65 parcels planted in the three sections (valleys) of Verzy; the easternmost has chalk very close to surface, in the middle valley chalk is 1 meter deep, and the westernmost valley is clay dominant. Uniquely strong presence of silex throughout the village. Translates to "atavistic" - relating to or characterized by a return to something ancient or ancestral.