Domaine Jo Landron - Amphibolite 2023
Domaines Landron is located in La Haye Fouassière, in the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine appellation in the Loire Valley. In 1945, Pierre and Julien Landron , respectively father and uncle of Joseph (Jo) Landron, bought a piece of land to clear. They planted vines there to create a three-hectare family farm. From 1950 to 1975, they transformed the land that had been uncultivated during the wars into vineyards. After developing the estate together for many years, Pierre and Julien Landron separated in 1967. From 1979, Jo Landron embarked on the adventure with his father and bought new plots. In the early 80s, they began to sell directly to customers and to export their wines abroad. When their vines were poisoned by a weedkiller, they decided to abandon the use of herbicides and began the conversion of their 50-hectare vineyard to organic viticulture , certified in 2002. To go even further, the estate finally joined the movement of biodynamics , already followed by other estates in France and abroad. Certification followed in 2011. A new awareness of the diversity of the subsoils of the Domaines Landron then led to a new orientation towards the terroir . Now, the must from different plots is fermented separately and the estate actively seeks to produce different styles of wines. As a result, Muscadets show different aging capacities, individual complexity and unique mineral identities depending on the aspect , geological characteristics and the yield profile of each plot.
Amphibolite is made from Melon B. (ex-Melon de Bourgogne) whose age varies between 35 and 40 years. The vine is grown on the "Amphibolite" terroir , a metamorphic green rock from gabbro. After the manual harvest , the whole bunches are put into direct pneumatic pressing and alcoholic fermentation occurs spontaneously with indigenous yeasts. The wine is aged in glassed concrete vats, on lees, for 7 months .
Grape variety: 100% Melon B.