Loire Valley
Armand et Louis - 2021 - Antoine Delaunay
Delaunay Vignerons
Armand is the nephew of Antoine Delaunay, and Louis his son. What a great cuvée for the two cousins! Complex nose with notes of pear, iodine, lime blossom... The palate is round and pure, luscious, the oak aging is perfectly integrated. Truly a beautiful interpretation of the grape variety.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
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100% Melon de Bourgogne from 90-year-old vines planted in 1932 on a 0.5 hectare plot. Organic viticulture and manual harvest at maturity. Vinification: direct pressing, the juice is directly transfered into barrels for fermentation and aging in oak barrels that have seen several wines. 9 months of aging in barrels, blending of the barrels then 3 months of maturation in vats. Bottled at the estate without fining or filtration, just a micro-dose of sulfur before bottling.
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Antoine Delaunay
Antoine Delaunay, son and grandson of Muscadet winegrowers, is a 36-year-old winemaker, now at the head of the Delaunay Vignerons estate. A true local boy, Antoine graduated in the area, then became the vineyard manager of Daniel Bideau’s estate in La Haie-Fouassière. The classical logic of returning to the family estate takes on its full meaning in 2015, when the winemaker goes back to his...
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