Domaine des Cognettes
WINEMAKERS
Stéphane and Vincent Perraud
TYPE OF AGRICULTURE
Organic
VINEYARD AREA
28 ha
COUNTRY, REGION, SUBREGION
France, Nantes, Muscadet - Clisson
Seventh-generation winemaker brothers, Stéphane and Vincent started working in their family vineyards in 1988, then conversion to organic in 2009, producing their first certified vintage in 2013.
Their soil is volcanic and consists of two terroirs; the first has a top soil of sand, gravel and clay with a subsoil soil of gabbro. The second; a topsoil quartz with a subsoil of granite.
The climate is Oceanic, with a soft and humid winter and the wind coming from the west off of the Atlantic.
Read up on our interview with the brothers from July 2020 here.
Fresh, crunchy Gamay, has a lovely lift and delicate snap of structure framing its juicy fruit.