Pet-Nat Blanc 'Natürlich' 2017
Pet-Nat Blanc 'Natürlich' 2017
Benoît’s flagship fizz, the balance of white and red grapes gives this a subtle red fruits flavour, but still extremely fresh and easy going with balanced acidity.
Cuvée: Pet-Nat Blanc 'Natürlich' (Folle Blanche/Gamay)
Vintage: 2017
Producer: Landron-Chartier
Winemakers: Benoît and Bernard Landron
Region: France, Nantes, Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire & Coteaux d’Ancenis
Style + Colour: Sparkling, white
Grapes/Blend: Folle Blanche (50%), Gamay (50%)
ABV: 12%
Mica schist, the soils are rough and shallow, on metamorphic soil. Hand-harvested, direct press. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Bottled after resting approximately 2 weeks in concrete tanks, fermentation then finished in bottles. - 5g/L residual sugar.
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.