Loire Valley
Ornaté - 2022 - Jérôme Bretaudeau
Domaine de Bellevue
A nose of jammy red fruits, with notes of red plum... The palate is chiselled, with well-integrated tannins. A real success, boasting an uncharacteristic degree of freshness for this grape variety.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Biodynamic wine
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2030
- rock’n’roll
This 100% Merlot cuvée comes from vines farmed biodynamically (certified by Biodyvin) and planted on granite soils over white and red quartz. Manual harvest. In the winery: grapes are transferred to barrels for fermentation and maturation. About ten days of maceration, gentle pressing to preserve the fruit flavors, followed by 18 months of maturation. Neither fined nor filtered, sensible use of sulfites. Bottled at the Estate during Spring 2024.
Jérôme Bretaudeau
Jérôme Bretaudeau of Domaine de Bellevue unquestionably ranks among the winemakers who truly matter in the Muscadet. A vigneron with sixteen hectares under his care, spread over the communes of Gétigné, Cugand, Clisson, Gorges and Vallet, this larger-than-life character, born with the ‘75 vintage, has always had one foot in the vines. After starting his career as a vineyard manager for a...
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