Jerome Bretaudeau Ornate
Regular price $68.00
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Grapes: Merlot
Region: VDF
Vintage: 2020
Viticulture: Organic
Soils: Granite + White + Pink Quartz
Vinification: 100% destemmed, then fermented with a light infusion for 12 days.
Aging: 18 months in old barrels
Fining or Filtering: None
Sulfur: Minimal at bottling
Notes from the Importer: Jérôme Bretaudeau is one of a small handful of serious, young winemakers devoted to the compelling terroir of Muscadet, the most western appellation in the Loire Valley. Situated along the Atlantic Coast where the Loire empties into the ocean, Muscadet enjoys a cold, maritime climate that combines with granitic soils composed of igneous rocks, silica pebbles, white and pink quartz, to create low alcohol, high acid wines with pronounced minerality and complexity.
In stark contrast to most of Muscadet, which is dominated by overcropped, industrial-production cooperatives, Domaine de Belle Vue comprises 12 hectares of organically-certified vineyards in active transition to full biodynamic viticulture. Jérôme is, moreover, innovative and experimental, crafting wines not only from the appellation’s signature Melon de Bourgogne but also from eccentric cuvées of Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Franc.