2016 VDF - Etherie
2016 VDF - Etherie
100% Gamay. Maceration for 4 weeks. Aged for 6 months in barrels, 6 months in tank.
Cuvée: Etherie
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Gamay
ABV: 12%
Vintage: 2016
Winemaking: Hand-harvested, inflatable pressing. Maceration for 4 weeks. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts at 20°C. Aged for 6 months in barrels, 6 months in tank.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Orthogneiss from the parcel ‘Les Groseillères’
Yield: 40 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.