Jo Landron Domaine de la Louvetrie - Atmospheres Vin Mousseux Extra Brut NV (12% ABV) 750 ML

From Loire Valley this "Crémant de Loire" is a dream.  Most producers in this region of Muscadet, make inexpensive less than thrilling bubbly as an afterthought but not Jo Landron and his wife Jocelyn.

Toasty, rich, and very dry with ripe lemons and peaches.  Pair this with your oysters and never look back!

Jo Landron and his wife Jocelyn are the wonderful, creative, honest and downright nice people behind the farming and the winemaking at Domaine de La Louvetrie. Jo is famously photogenic thanks to his remarkable mustache, but really, it’s the sparkle in his eyes that make him such a star in the Loire Valley. That, and his decades long devotion to elevating Melon de Bourgogne to the ranks of France’s noble grapes. Jo oversees all of the farming, and under his guidance the estate has flourished

Use of exclusively hand-harvested grapes. 
Direct pressing of whole bunches in a pneumatic press.  
No racking.  Alcoholic fermentation for two to three weeks with 
natural yeasts. Four months in vats on lees before secondary 
fermentation in bottle Bottled for secondary fermentation according to the 
‘traditional method’.  Second maturation in bottle on lees for 24 months. 
Disgorgement and dosage with a small addition of liqueur d’expédition  (0.1 cl). 

Young vines of under 10 years’ old and 
30 to 40 year old vines 

Pebbly soil (Pinot Noir), clay and sand 
(Folle Blanche and Chardonnay

region Loire, France

varietal 36% Folle Blance (aka Picpoul), 33% Pinot Noir (vinified white), 31% Chardonnay

style sparkling (traditional method)

farming/cellar certified organic, practicing biodynamic, fermented with ambient yeast and gets 24 months on the lees.

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