2019 AOC Muscadet - Le Breil
2019 AOC Muscadet - Le Breil
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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.
Cuvée: Le Breil
Style: Still
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Melon B
ABV: 12.5%
Vintage: 2019
Winemaking: Manual harvesting of 60 year old vines. Direct pressing, with a 24 hour slow decanting before fermentation to settle the wine. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts, alcoholic and Malolactic fermentation both complete within 10 days. Aged one third in barrel, two-thirds in stainless steel. Bottled in July 2020 after 10 months on the lees.
Sulphur: 20 mg/l
Soil: Orthogneiss and quartz