The ideal aperitif and shell-fish (especially oyster) wine from the Pays Nantais! This is a serious Muscadet showing crushed rock mineral features with citrus and flowers and a good weighty palate. It is focused and precise in the mouth and leaves a clean, crisp and slightly salty finish.
TYPE: Dry White
REGION: Loire Valley
GRAPE VARIETY: Melon de Bourgogne
VITICULTURE: Low intervention
STYLE: Dry, Light, Floral, Mineral, Crisp, Citrus, Easy-drinking
STAFF TIPS: Get some oysters, sit outside and enjoy!
FOOD & MOOD: Oyster or Tapas & Feeling Summery
ABV: 12%
ABOUT THE VINE & CELLAR
An all-time classic producing wines that are never old fashioned. Phileas is a state of mind, freedom of thoughts and expression, an hommage to Jules Verne book "Around the world in 80 days" and a true quest to showcase the terroir of the estate. The grapes are harvested mostly from slate soils and are then fermented with wild yeasts. Continous batonnage while the wine is on its fine lees lend the wine its benchmark fleshy texture.
ABOUT THE DOMAINE LES TROIS TOITS
Exceptional terroir, respect for nature, biodiversity. Only one mission in mind: showcase Muscadet to the world. The new winemaker Vincent used to be a Mathematics teacher at the French School in Kentish Town, North London. Now following his true passion, he is very serious about defining terroirs within his estate and making clean and great terroir wines with minimal intervention and great style. He's located in Vertou, where the Sevre river (hence the name Sevre et Maine) does his magic creating the perfect microclimate to ripen the grapes, alongside with the soils and expertise of long tradition and culture.
