Menetou-Salon Le Grand Argentier

Domaine Laporte

Menetou-Salon Le Grand Argentier

Producer
Domaine Laporte

Country
France

Region
Loire Valley

Sub-Region
Upper Loire

Appellation
Menetou-Salon

Farming
Sustainable, Organic (Ecocert), Vegan

Varietals
100% Sauvignon Blanc

Vineyards & Viticulture
Menetou-Salon stretches over 330 hectares. Le Grand Argentier refers to argentier (steward of the royal expenditure and banker of the court) Jacques-Cœur, who held the lordship of Menetou in 1450.

Soils
Clay, limestone from the Jurassic era

Harvest & Vinification
10 day fermentation between 15°C and 20°C in stainless-steel vats. Native yeast and no malolactic fermentation before maturing of the wine on the lees for four months.