Gros Plant du Pays Nantais: Domaine de la Mortaine 2010
Description
Pale, crisp and bone dry with a clean, almost briney, palate and delicate ‘sea air’ bouquet.
- Style: White Wine, Dry (Sec), Light-bodied
- Region: Loire, Muscadet (Vin de Pays Nantais),
- Producer: Sébastian Chéreau
- Vintage: 2010
- Grape variety (Cépage): Gros Plant
- Wine pairing - drink with: Shellfish, Oysters
- Cellarage: Best drunk young but will keep happily for 2-3 years from bottling.
- Vinification: Hand harvested grapes are picked at optimum ripeness and are vinified in stainless steel vats prior to an early Spring bottling.
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Gros Plant du Pays Nantais: Domaine de la Mortaine 2010
Gros Plant was introduced to the region by the Dutch Wine Trade in the 1600s and until the phylloxera epidemic at the end of the19th Century, was the principal grape of the Nantais. Now almost entirely superseded by Muscadet, this characterful and unique wine is becoming endangered.
Gros Plant has been a perennial listing with Yapp Brothers for many years. Due to the fact that production is declining and very little is exported, it remains a relatively undiscovered wine that is very good value for money.