2021 Domaine Pelle Menetou-Salon, Morogues 'Vignes de Ratier', Loire, France R. Pouillon Ostrea acuminata marl

Ostrea acuminata marl

Limestone soils beneath a top layer of schist

100% Muscat Ottonel • Sourced from Oak Grove Vineyard planted in 1982 • 100% whole clusters fermented with native yeasts for 12 days until bone-dry

easy-drinking red

The wine is then fermented in steel vat and rested on fine lees for 7 months

2021 Domaine Pelle Menetou-Salon, Morogues 'Vignes de Ratier', Loire, France R. Pouillon Ostrea acuminata marlORGANIC: Certified VINEYARD: Vignes de Ratier is a sunny terroir in the village of Morogues where the bedrock lies just centimenters below the surface. 7,500 vines hectare SOIL: Kimmeridgian marl bedrock under just 50 centimeters of topsoil. VINIFICATION: Direct pressing of grapes, fermented with natural yeast in a combination of wooden vats and tank. AGING: Aged in on the lees in a combination on 70% wood (Foudres and used 400L barrels) and 30% tank.