Esprit Détente BIB 2015 (5L)
Esprit Détente BIB 2015 (5L)
Juicy and bright easy-drinking Gamay.
Cuvée: AOC Côteaux D’Ancenis ‘Esprit détente’ BIB
Vintage: 2015
Producer: Landron-Chartier
Winemakers: Benoît and Bernard Landron
Region: France, Nantes, Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire & Coteaux d’Ancenis
Style + Colour: Still, red
Grapes/Blend: Gamay
ABV: 12.5%
Mica schist soils. Maceration for 6-10 days. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, malolactic fermentation. Aged 6-10 months on lees. A little sulphur added.
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.