Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine Sur Lie Les Gras Moutons 2023 1.5L

100% Melon de Bourgogne. Gras Moutons is a lieu-dit on a windy, south-facing slope in the Muscadet cru of Monnières-St. Fiacre. The sandy, gravelly soils with little clay are rich in decomposed amphibolite (compacted sand) rocks and gneiss (granite metamorphized by pressure & heat). The vines are 20 to 70 years old. The farming is certified-organic and in conversion to biodynamics (the original 1.7-hectare holding was already certified bio-d but it has been increased to 4 hectares as of 2022, so more time is required for the transition from organic to bio-d). All vineyard work including harvest is manual. As for all Pepière wines, the bunches are direct-pressed and the juice settled naturally for 12 hours. It is then fermented in stainless steel tanks with natural yeasts; the wine is aged on its lees in large, underground, glass-lined cement tanks for 9 months.