Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie //​
​Frédéric Guilbaud

Very crisp and mineral, with rich citrus fruit, green apples and warm lees character - perfect with oysters of course!

Winemaker

Frédéric Guilbaud & Emmanuel Truffreau

Farming

Certified Terra Vitis and HVE (Haute Valeur Environmentale).

Region

Pays Nantais, Loire Valley

Vineyard

Grapes are grown and wine made at Frédéric’s family estate, Château de la Bretonnerie. Frédéric has 7 hectares, and the Melon for this wine comes from vines grown 30-42 metres above sea level on a gradual slope of sandy and silty soils.

Grapes

Melon de Bourgogne

Winemaking

Fermented in stainless steel, aged on the lees for 8 months, filtered but not fined.​ No malolactic was completed in order to retain freshness. No oak.