2020 Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine Monnieres - St-Fiacre, Loire, France Jintaro Yura in elevation

in elevation

Joel calls this a ‘mille-feuille de cépages’ as each varietal is carefully layered in whole bunches in the tank upon one another

Etienne Simonis has collected 7 hectares of vineyards

longer maceration and more depth of flavor

2020 Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine Monnieres - St-Fiacre, Loire, France Jintaro Yura in elevationFrom west facing granite and schist slopes above the Svre just inland from the Atlantic, this 20120 is 100% Melon de Bourgogne harvested from vines averaging ~25 years of age. The fruit is hand picked and fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel, then aged 10 months on fine lees in tank (no oak) with regular btonnage to build texture. Bottling is done with a light sulfur adjustment (25 mg L total) and no filtration. The 2020 is pure and