La Tour Gallus - Muscadet Sèvre-Maine Fleur de Gabbro 2020
Loire
White
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1*Étoile
Hachette
This lovely Muscadet white from magmatic "Gabbro" rock opens with elegance and finesse from the very first nose. With a beautiful floral expression, the palate is structured, fat and dense, thanks to well-controlled ageing on the lees. A charming cuvée offering superb value for money, perfect with fish or poultry in sauce!
Features
Estate
La Tour Gallus
Cuvée
Fleur de Gabbro
Vintage
2020
Designation
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
Region
Loire
Grape varieties
Melon de Bourgogne
Terroirs
Altered magmatic rock called "Gabbro". Vines nearly 70 years old, planted in 1959 and 1968, facing southwest.
Viticulture
Certified Terra Vitis and HVE "Haute Valeur Environnementale level 3". In conversion to organic farming.
Harvest
At optimum maturity
Winemaking
Gravity reception without pumping. Direct pneumatic pressing with selection of pressed grapes. Temperature-controlled fermentation for 25 days. Aeration on 2nd day of fermentation to multiply indigenous yeasts.
Breeding
In glass-walled underground tanks
Alcohol content
12,5%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Pale color with lime-blossom highlights
Nose
Elegant and floral (white flowers)
Mouth
Well-structured, full-bodied, with good density
Serve
AT 10-12°C
Drink before
2024
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with cooked fish in a beurre blanc sauce, pan-fried scallops, veal paupiettes and white meats...
La Tour Gallus
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
Expert opinion
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated wine (guide 2022) 1*Star (Vintage 2018) (Very successful wine)
Domain rated (guide 2024) Awarded wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the domain :
The Rineau family has been handed down from father to son since 1620 in Gorges, a village that became a Cru Communal in the Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine appellation. Heir to this long lineage, Damien Rineau has been running the family estate since 1983: 17 ha on the slopes of the Sèvre-Nantaise river, with soils of weathered gabbro.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domain rated (guide 2025) Selected (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the domains that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).
About the domain :
Damien Rineau is so discreet that he's flown under the radar of our tastings for years. He comes from a line of nine generations of winegrowers, as evidenced by his endless vine-covered family tree hanging on the wall of his cellar. Since the 1980s, this child of the Pays nantais region has been chiseling out classic Muscadets. His vineyard is located in Gorges, a specific area where the rare dark-blue compact rock, gabbro, is home to white melon. The wines born here are not the most amiable on opening; you have to let them come, they attack discreetly and profile themselves up to a magnificent bitter carrure. Damien cultivates this style, particularly in his Gorges, with its remarkable ageing potential (over twenty years). In traditional underground vats, his 2016 was aged on lees for... 72 months! The estate has been sold to Thierry Denjean, owner of Domaine de Haute Perche in Anjou and Vin de l'A in the Swiss Valais region, but Damien Rineau will remain in charge for a few more years.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4/5
on 12 reviews
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