Champagne Mouzon-Leroux L’Ascendant Solera NV (6 Bottles) Champagne, France

The Ascendant (‘rising’) is a cuvée based on a solera founded with the 2014 L’Atavique, drawn and topped with a 50% ratio each year. This bottling therefore contains 50% of the 2017, and the remainder is made up of a reserve from the previous three vintages.

It is approximately 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay. Elevage was entirely in well-seasoned French oak. It was disgorged with a barely-there dosage of one gram per litre, after 48 months sur lattes.