102 Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine sur Lie AC 2009 Les Gras Moutons
Claude Branger

Grape:100% Melon de Bourgogne (12% alc.)

This comes from 40 to 75 year old vines on the banks of the river Maine. It has denser fruit than the Quilla and is a very focused, intensely mineral wine that is absolutely delicious. Bring on the shellfish! For drinking now to 2013.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Claude Branger
Location:	Saint-Fiacre
Size of domaine:	26 hectares (including 4 hectares for Les Gras Moutons)
Grape:	Melon de Bourgogne, 40-75 years of age
Terroir:	On the north banks of the River Maine on a soil derived from amphibolite – a bluey-green metamorphic rock consisting mainly of hornblende (a dark-coloured mineral made up of silica, magnesium, lime and iron).
Viticulture:	No chemical weedkillers or fertilisers (agriculture raisonée) 6500 vines per hectare yielding 40-50 hectos per hectare. Manual harvest 100%. Leave grass during winter – burn in spring and summer.
Vinification:	Pressed (use horizontal press) and left overnight before separation from the gross lees. No chaptalisation. Malo-lactic fermentation never takes place. Left on the fine lees and aged in glass lined underground cuves. Not fined but filtered lightly by plaque before bottling in September-December, 12-15 months after harvest.
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exc vat: £8.00