Domaine de la Foliette Sevre & Maine sur lie Vieilles Vignes Muscadet 2012
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Domaine de la Foliette has been run by three associates since 1996, all of whom come from local wine-growing families: Denis Brosseau, Jean Hervouet and Eric Vincent. In bringing our expertise and the knowledge of previous generations together, we produce Muscadet wines that are regularly mentioned in the specialised press and win awards in competitions such as the Concours Général Agricole de Paris and the Concours départemental de Nantes.
As a member of the “Terra Vitis” label, which advocates sustainable viticulture in France, we maintain a limited production (short pruning, low yield) and we operate a rigorous selection to provide our clients with authentic wines that reflect and express our local soils. You can discover our range of wines here on this site: you can browse through them before you get the opportunity to discover them in person at our vineyard on one of our two open days, which are held each year on the last week-end of November.
Made famous in Muscadet, a gently rolling, Atlantic-dominated countryside on the eastern edge of the Loire, Melon de Bourgogne is actually the most planted grape variety in the Loire Valley. But the best comes from Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, a subzone of Pays Nantais. Somm Secret—The wine called Muscadet may sound suggestive of “muscat,” but Melon de Bourgogne is not related. Its name also suggests origins in Burgundy, which it has, but was continuously outlawed there, like Gamay, during the 16th and 17th centuries.
The Pays Nantais, Loire’s only region abutting the Atlantic coast, is solely focused on the Melon de Bourgogne grape in its handful of subzones: Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine, Muscadet-Coteaux de la Loire and Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu. Muscadet wines are dry, crisp, seaside whites made from Melon de Bourgogne and are ideal for the local seafood-focused cuisine. (They are not related to Muscat.) There is a new shift in the region to make these wines with extended lees contact, creating fleshy and more aromatic versions.