Muscadet de Sevre et Maine Domaine des Dorices

Melon de Bourgogne 100%, grown on the estate; the least possible intervention is made in the vineyard, and only organic fertilisers are used. Many of the vines are now classed as 'vieilles vignes'  - old vines. These contribute to the depth and complexity of flavour.

The grapes are pressed as slowly as possible and the different pressings are fermented separately. The must is filtered before fermentation, and then given a long, slow, controlled fermentation. The wine is matured on the fine lees (sur lie)  and bottled in the Spring following the harvest.

TASTING NOTE

Very pale straw-green in colour; fresh and intense pear, citrus and herbal bouquet, very clean and precise; the palate is dry but well-balanced, stony and with a slight prickle of carbon dioxide gas. A very correct, classic example.