2022 Lavie 'Denis' Muscadet

2022 is expressive & rich, it is is a solar vintage. Denis is a generic
Muscadet, the aoc cancelled the "sur lie" appellation for generic
muscadet. Guillaume includes his less qualitative parcels and also
declassifies some of his Sèvre & Maine parcels to make this wine.
Most of these vines are planted on granite, with quite a lot of topsoil.
Long & slow press, the must is oxidized under the press (it's like a
vaccine for the future wine, allowing it to have a good resistance to
oxygen in the future), 48 hours at cold temperatures for clarification
and then spontaneous fermentation & aging in concrete
underground tanks. 2gr of added sulfur right after the fermentation
was completed in Oct/Nov because Guillaume & Adèle were seeing
VA increase. bottled in April 2023. On the nose plum, quince,
brioche (think chardonnay), lemon tart on the palate with a saline &
mineral finish.