2021 Muscadet Côteaux De La Loire - Domaine
2021 Muscadet Côteaux De La Loire - Domaine
Soft, clean and fresh Muscadet with balanced acidity. The hallmark salinity is here, but this expression is a gentle, endlessly drinkable everyday white.
Cuvée: Domaine Muscadet
Style: Still
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Melon de Bourgogne
ABV: 12%
Vintage: 2021
Winemaking: Hand-harvested from vineyards around Ligne and Udon in Coteuax d’Ancenis. On mica schists and greenstone with decomposed volcanic deposits. Fruit is vinified by parcel, natural yeast fermentation. No malolactic fermentation. Aged on the lees for 6 months in glass-lined concrete tanks.
Sulphur: 25mg/l added
Soil: Mica schist & Gneiss
Yield: 45 hl/ha
Father-and-son team Bernard and Benoit (part of the great Landron clan) farm around 25 hectares to the north-east of Nantes. Organic since 2010, they have a patchwork of vineyards mostly situated around the towns of Ligne and Udon. Soils are mostly a mix of decomposed volcanic material; mica schist, granite and gneiss. Benoit started making Pet-Nat in 2013 and has proved to be rather good at it.