2008 Terre de Pierre

TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP

Climate:  Cool Atlantic

Altitude: 

Soils:  Mother rock of peridotite (from the earth’s mantle) on a serpentinite mound of ochre red earth

Varietal/Blend:  100% Melon de Bourgogne

Fermentation:  Pneumatic press. Spontaneous fermentation using only natural yeasts. Fermentation and maturation on lees in underground glass lined vats.

Ageing:  Underground glass lined vats for 7 to 17 months (depending on the vintage) on the lees without racking until bottling.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Estate. Selection massale. Village of Le Loroux-Bottereau. Vines planted in 1974. 
Mother rock of peridotite (from the earth’s mantle) on a serpentinite mound.
The magmatic origins of this place bursting with history give vibrant energy to “La Butte de la Roche” where this plot is located. The red ochre earth of “La Butte de la Roche» is legendary in the Pays Nantais. The seigneuries once had their castle here on this, land full of stories into which our vines plunge their roots.

Spring soil preparation has been performed in a traditional manner (earthing down and hoeing) throughout the entire estate since 2009. Vines only see natural preparations (no chemical products). They sow cover crops such as pulses and cereals at the end of summer, with close attention to the needs of each crop. Soil life is stimulated with biodynamic preparations 500 and 501. Vines are short cut pruned (single guyot) during winter. Vine density is 6,500 plants per hectare. Careful sorting is carried out in the vineyard by their team of grape harvesters.

ABV:  12.0%

Produced Cases: 

CSPC:  865321