Menetou-Salon Le Grand Argentier
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.