2020 VDF Pet Nat Rouge ‘Natürlich'
2020 VDF Pet Nat Rouge ‘Natürlich'
100% Gamay Debouze. Bottled after approximately 2 weeks in concrete tanks; fermentation then finished in bottle. No added sulphur.
Cuvée: Naturlich Pet Nat Rouge
Style: Sparkling
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Gamay Debouze
ABV: 12%
Vintage: 2020
Winemaking: Hand-harvested, direct press. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts at 20°C. Tank chilled mid-ferment to stall fermentation for 1 week. Fermentation continues once in bottle. Not disgorged. Finishes with 3g/l residual sugar.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Mica schist, the soils are rough and shallow, on metamorphic soil.
Yield: 55 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.