Domaine Complemen’terre
Winemakers
Marion Pescheux and Manuel Landron
Type of agriculture
Organic, with use of biodynamic principles
Vineyard area
9 ha
Country, Region, Subregion
Wines
Hand-picked Folle Blanche grapes. Aged on lees for 6 months. Light filtration. No added sulfites.
Bottled in a 1 litre format well suited to a wine so gluggable, the first pick of the 2020 vintage.
Hand-picked Melon de Bourgogne grapes, aged on lees in stainless steel tanks for 9 months. Unfiltered.
Hand-picked Melon de Bourgogne grapes, aged on lees for 15 months. Light filtration.
Spicy, aromatic and full bodied Muscadet. From south-facing slopes towards the river, their most complex plot.
From the same plots as Croix Moriceau, picked from the amphibolite soils at the bottom of the slope. Lean, fresh Muscadet, made for drinking now!
From poor soils of sandstone and clay, similar to Tribute, south-west facing plots of 20-30 year old vines. The only wine Marion & Manu age in barrels.
Picked from the younger vines on the Croix Moriceau and NoLem plots, with a little of the Folle Blanche from the 68 Ares plot. Made in the pet nat style, but held in bottle longer than usual.
From the same vineyard as Croix Moriceau, picked from the amphibolite soils at the bottom of the slope. Great yields and perfect balance from this parcel in 2020.
A beautiful parcel surrounded by trees, one of the most prestigious in the AOC. A small yield thanks to frost in 2019 led to a successful experiment with mixed-vessel ageing.
A tricky year for this parcel in 2018, the wine fermented slowly and took a while to come round, but the wait has been worth it! Aged 24 months.
Both Marion and Manu were born in Muscadet and have been around vineyards their whole lives. After a long time away working for winemakers in New Zealand (Felton Road Winery) and Chile (Domaine Clos Ouvert), they settled in 2013 in the village of le Pallet and work now with three grape varieties: Melon de Bourgogne (8 ha), Folle Blanche (0,68 ha) at la Haye-Fouassière, and Gamay (0,60 ha). The wines are all vinified by parcel with the aim of showing off the varied volcanic terroir of the region.
Marion and Manu are working organically and in line with the lunar calendar, in total respect of the soils and the nature.
Meet the growers:
A conversation with Manu Landron, November 2020
A conversation with Marion & Manu, June 2019
From their steeper, north-facing plot planted over orthogneiss. Coiled ammonite fossil intensity with trademark saline twang.