Champagne de Sousa and Champagne Zoemie de Sousa

I had known of Champagne de Sousa for a while and tasted some of its products at a previous Wine Fair. What I am not familiar with is the Zoemie de Sousa brand. That is a brand they created in 2004, for a range of champagne emphasizing freshness and for early consumption rather than aging.

But back to the original Sousa house, which began when a Portuguese soldier returned to settle in the region where he fought in the First World War and settled in Avize. His son married a grape grower in the region and the da Sousa house was born. Going organic in 1989 and biodynamic 10 years later, the estate owns much old vine in top villages in the vicinity of Avize. Other characteristics of the house include late ripening, extensive lees aging, full malolactic fermentation and aging of reserve wines in oak.