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2024 Gros Plant du Pays Nantais Sur Lie AOC Folle Blanche

This is the benchmark example of this esoteric appellation, the Nantais example of Folle Blanche. The nose on the 2024 is more complex and waxy than I'd expected, showing beautiful lees nuance and ripe lemon alongside some cut grass and melon rind—a very appealing aroma.
The palate is extremely refreshing and racy with a super juicy lemon profile and a tingly finish of lime and yuzu. Such unexpected power to this wine, a genuinely fun drink that goes down easy but lingers long on the palate.

Light and stony soil with sand on schist. • Vines planted in 1974. • Spontaneous fermentation, aged in 600L old French oak for six months without racking; bottled March 2025. • Serve at 12º with oysters, shellfish, or sushi.
France
White
Still
Biodynamic
Vegan
Oak ageing

Region:  Pays Nantais, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Gros Plant du Pays Nantais Sur Lie AOC

Varietal/Blend:  100% Folle Blanche

ABV:  10.5%

Vineyard & Vine Age: Light and stony soil with sand on schist. • Vines planted in 1974. • Biodynamic certified.

Cellar: Spontaneous fermentation, aged in 600L old French oak for six months without racking; bottled March 2025.

CSPC:  865312

Winemakers Note:  Serve at 12°C
Serve with oysters, shellfish or sushi and good friends!

What the Critics are saying:  The friendly Folle Blanche opens the tasting with the freshness of its lemony notes. It gives the wish to reconnect with this often too strict grape variety. Guide vert RVF 2025 by Alexis Goujard

Delicious Folle Blanche, full of peps and invigorating fruity notes. With little alcohol (11°), this white wine stimulates your taste buds without the harshness commonly found with this grape variety. Revue des Vins de France - Mars 2023

This Folle Blanche, a unique AOC grape variety, which grew biodynamically on schist is adorned with beautiful lemony notes. A salivating wine, ideal with fried smelt. Le Parisien - Septembre 2023

Very fleshy mouth, white and yellow fruit, covering texture, a wine of substance and pleasure which will reconcile more than one with this wrongly criticized appellation. Paris Match - Septembre 2023

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