Pensées Nocturnes 2020

Jérémie is a third-generation winemaker in the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine appellation, located southeast of Nantes. After traveling the world, he returned home and was inspired to craft cleaner, low-intervention wines. In 2014, he began converting to organic viticulture and was certified by 2020. His estate, just 50 km from the Atlantic, offers a unique range of soils that contribute to the character of their wines. He produce five still cuvées, all made from the same grape, Melon de Bourgogne, each sourced from different single vineyard sites, showcasing a variety of soils such as sandy loam, gabbros, clay-siliceous, gneiss, and biotite granite. The varying lees aging—ranging from 6 to 24 months—further enhances the minerality, finesse, and typicity of each cuvée. Winemaking Detail: Grapes are soft pressed and juice allowed to run off immediately. Fermentation and ageing on lees takes place in underground cement tanks for 7 months. Tirage in April 2021 followed by 14 months ageing in bottle. Disgorged in July 2022 with no dosage.

Grapes are soft pressed and juice allowed to run off immediately. Fermentation and ageing on lees takes place in underground cement tanks for 7 months. Tirage in April 2021 followed by 14 months ageing in bottle. Disgorged in July 2022 with no dosage.

The nose is bready; with vanilla notes; like an iced bun. Baked yellow apple and ripe green fruits follow. An energetic fizz with soft balanced mousse. First up is the thrilling acidity; racy and bone dry with citrus; lime; green apple skin and a slight chalkiness that follows. The end is drying, fresh, taught and mouth-wateringly clean.

Lemon Mousse, Quiche, Soft Cheeses

The Loire, France's longest river, is home to many much celebrated and quintessential French grapes. From the once ubiquitous-in-the-UK Melon de Bourgogne by the Atlantic coast, to the home of Sauvignon Blanc in Sancerre, via some of the world's best Chenin and crunchy Cabernet Francs, Gamays and Pinots there is quality all around. Being at the northernly limit for winemaking, the wines are hallmarked by their crisp, fresh, crunchy fruit and high acidity, where reds may sometimes struggle to ripen and whites nearly overdeliver on acidity. The 69 appellations that make up the larger region are grouped into smaller sub-regions with predominantly single variety wines leading the way. As you move east the climate changes markedly from maritime to continental as the soils change from flint and limestone to the hard granite of central France.