Aubin 2015
Aubin 2015
Skin maceration Pinot Gris, from Muscadet - tasting?!
Cuvée: Aubin
Vintage: 2015
Producer: Landron-Chartier
Winemakers: Benoît and Bernard Landron
Region: France, Nantes, Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire & Coteaux d’Ancenis
Style + Colour: Still, orange (skin)
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Gris
ABV: 12%
Orthogneiss soils in the Clos St Aubin. Hand-picked and de-stemmed. Whole berries put inside old oak barrels, with 15 days of skin contact. Alcoholic fermentation and malolactic by natural yeast. No added sulphur.
Father-and-son team Bernard and Benoit (part of the great Landron clan) farm around 25 hectares to the north-east of Nantes. Organic since 2010, they have a patchwork of vineyards mostly situated around the towns of Ligne and Udon. Soils are mostly a mix of decomposed volcanic material; mica schist, granite and gneiss. Benoit started making Pet-Nat in 2013 and has proved to be rather good at it.