Domaine de la Fessardière Muscadet

Domaine de la Fessardiere

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Type

White Wine

Appellation

Muscadet

Variety

Melon de Bourgogne

This fuller-bodied Muscadet manages to maintain an incredible salinity, making it the perfect match for shellfish or oysters.

Viticulture
Soil type

Stony and siliceous-clay

Vine age30 years old
Vineyard size25 hectares
Vinification

Fruit is spontaneously fermented with native yeasts and no additions beyond SO2

ElevageHalf of the wine is aged in underground resin epoxy tanks and undergoes malolactic fermentation, while the other 50% is aged in ancient Alsatian foudres with no malolactic fermentation
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringUnfined and unfiltered