Meet the producer: Mathieu l'Hotelier
Formerly called Les Champs Jumeaux, Matt - one of our favourite characters in the Loire. Matt set up shop in 2012, leasing 1.8 hectares of Chenin and 0.3 hectares of Gamay, Grolleau and Hybrid 54-55, an usual grape variety, so in total farms 2.1 hectares. Situated in the village of Montrelais at the far eastern edge of the Muscadet zone, in a maritime climate.
Les Chants Jumeaux
DOMAINE
Les Chants Jumeaux
WINEMAKER
Mathieu L’Hôtelier
VINEYARD
2.1 hectares, organic uncertified
BOTTLES PRODUCED
Some, if you're lucky
COUNTRY, REGION, SUBREGION
France, Loire, Nantes
Matt is one of our favourite characters in the Loire.
Matt set up shop in 2012, leasing 1.8 hectares of Chenin and 0.3 hectares of Gamay, Grolleau and Hybrid 54-55. Situated in the village of Montrelais at the far eastern edge of the Muscadet zone, in a maritime climate, the “village” used to have around 300 hectares under vine, now only 2.5 remain – and Matt farms most of them. The vines are ploughed and treated without synthetic products, using local plant concoctions instead.
In the winery he has a very similar approach, slow-pressing to gain texture in the wines followed by fermentation and ageing in fibreglass.
As the last appellation in Brittany, Dutch merchants of history would come to buy their sweet Chenin as the taxes were lower than in Angers, over the French border.
WINES
WHITE
RED
ROSÉ
Using negocé fruit to supplement yields after tough losses to frost, the FBXXI is nonetheless alive with acidity and wiry tension, a thirsty wine .
Style: Still
Producer: Les Chants Jumeaux
Country: France
Region: Nantes, Loire
Grapes: Folle Blanche
ABV: 11
Sulphur: None added