Monnieres-Saint-Fiacre 2017 $30 Melon de Bourgogne planted in sandy limestone on gneiss, is the first officially designated cru in Muscadet. Pépière owns 3.35 hectares here and farms organically with some biodynamic prectices. The vines were planted in 1948, 1984 and 1991. Whole cluster pressed and wild fermented, then aged on the lees in underground, glass lined concrete tanks for 3 years.
Chateau-Thebaud 2017 $30 Chateau-Thebaud has it's own special granite, Granite de Thebaud and this wine comes from a south facing 1.5 hectare plot of 25-70 year old vines, made exactly like the Monnieres-Saint-Fieacre above, but spends an extra 6 months on the lees.
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