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Moncuit Les Grands Blancs
Le Mesnil obsession. Family-farmed since 1889.
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Dawn-Driven · Le Mesnil · Family Estate
Producer
The Moncuit family began purchasing vineyards in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger in 1889 and bottled their first wine at the domaine in 1928. The current winemaker, Pierre Amillet, is the fourth generation to lead the estate and is, by all accounts, obsessed with Chardonnay grown in chalk. His focus is singular and the results reflect it.
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Dawn primary — the Moncuit estate represents Dawn energy's ideal: a family estate with generations of accumulated craft, making wine from terroir they understand completely. Stone secondary — Le Mesnil's distinctive chalk delivers some of the finest mineral tension in Champagne. The mineral character here is so specific it's almost tactile.
Tasting note
From vines planted in the greatest Grand Cru village in Champagne, by a family that has farmed this specific chalk since 1889. Pierre Amillet's obsession with Chardonnay grown in Le Mesnil's distinctive terroir shows in every glass — clean, precise, with the kind of mineral tension that only comes from this specific combination of soil and grape.
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Grape Chardonnay
Region Champagne · Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Vintage NV
Country France
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    The Moncuit family has a long history of farming some of the best vineyards in the Côte des Blancs. They began purchasing land in 1889 and by 1928 were bottling at the domaine.

    The current winemaker, Pierre Amillet, is the fourth generation to lead the winery. If you spend any time with him you quickly realize he is obsessed with Chardonnay grown in the chalky terroirs of Le Mesnil.

    The estate has 8 hectares planted in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and 2 hectares in Oger. All the wines assume optimum maturity, through fermentation in barrels (350 liters), systematic malolactic fermentation, aging of three years for the brut and five years for the vintages, aged for their part under cork.

    Les Grands Blancs is a Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs is composed of approximately 80% Le Mesnil for tension, chalk-driven freshness, and longevity, and 20% Oger for ripeness, volume, and structural depth. Vinified from very ripe fruit to ensure aromatic precision, the wine undergoes alcoholic fermentation in 350-liter oak barrels with full malolactic fermentation, without racking, fining, or filtration. Aged 10 months on fine lees prior to bottling and a minimum of 36 months on lees in bottle, the cuvée is produced from two consecutive vintages (80% base wine, 20% reserve wine). Zero dosage since the 2019 base, it delivers a precise, mineral, and textural expression.

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