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Disgorged January 2022. The current bottling of Mouzon’s solera cuvée, l’Ascendant, is based on the 2017 vintage and complemented by 50% reserve wines which have been drawn from a perpetual reserve (à la Selosse, Bérêche, Laherte, et al.) established in 2010. The solera is topped up by 50% each year. The blend is approximately 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay and the wine is vinified entirely in seasoned oak. After 48 months on lees, it is disgorged with just one gram per litre dosage.
It’s a wine of latent power and vinous intensity, with impressive balance and a chalky/saline character. Racy acidity and mineral tension sit easily with fleshy fruit and richness. The lengthy close is chalky with just a wisp of white smoke. A superb wine that, like all cuvées offered, really comes into its own at the table with food.