Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Grand Mouton
Producer
Domaine du Grand Mouton - Louis Métaireau
Country
France
Region
Loire Valley
Sub-Region
Nantes
Appellation
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Farming
Sustainable, Organic
Varietals
100% Melon de Bourgogne
Vineyards & Viticulture
Made from vines over 70 years old. 2nd vineyard to pick at harvest.
Soils
Gneiss, granite, and amphibolite
Harvest & Vinification
Hand harvested and uses native yeast to start fermentation. After resting on the lees over the winter in concrete and glass vats, the cuvées are rigorously selected before being bottled in spring. In the spring following each harvest, the wine is siphoned off from above its lees, without stirring or filtering beforehand.
