Domaine Lucas Salmon - Terroirs

Presentation of Domaine Lucas Salmon - Terroirs

Discover the Terroirs vintage from Domaine Lucas Salmon. This Loire white wine in AOP Muscadet is made up of two plots of young vines, planted in 2015 and 2018. The two plots are blended due to their young age and their still shallow roots. The soils consist of sandy loams and small granite stones in gravel. The texture of the soil is very soft and draining. A wine full of freshness with a beautiful minerality. Bottled under inert gas, without fining or filtration.

HISTORY OF THE ESTATE

The Lucas-Salmon Estate extends over the communes of Château-Thébaud and Vertou, through which the Sèvre and the Maine pass, two rivers which meander between the hillsides of the Nantes vineyards. The vineyard's proximity to the sea offers saline and oceanic wines known for their freshness and minerality. Mikaël Salmon created his estate in organic conversion on 7 hectares, he selected several fairly specific terroirs to produce only single-plot vintages in white and red (Melon Blanc, Folle Blanche, Gamay and Pinot Noir).

FOOD AND WINE

This wine can be drunk as an aperitif and will accompany ocean or river products (seafood, fish).

INFORMATION

Vintage: 2021

Region: Loire

Appellation: AOP Muscadet

Grape variety(ies): White Melon 100%

Terroir: Surface soil of sandy-stony loam with subsoil of granite weathered with two micas, and gneis. The soils are fully plowed.

Cultivation: in biological conversion

Vinification: Mechanical harvest with pneumatic pressing. Light settling followed by traditional fermentation in underground vats.

Aging: Three stirrings after fermentation with indigenous yeasts in underground vats, followed by aging for one year on lees.

Aging potential: 3-5 years

Serving temperature: 8-10°C