Complémen’ Terre, Muscadet
These two have really been around. After studying viticulture, Manuel Landron went to New Zeeland to work at Felton Road for one year. Marion Pescheux soon joined him and somewhere between grapes and barrels they realized that wine was their thing.
They went back to France to work with Manuels father, Jo Landron, who’s been making Muscadet for quite a while. Then off again, this time to Chile to work for Louis Antoine-Luyt. But since France is the shit (as we all know) they returned home once again.
Marion went to viticulture school in Amboise and they both worked for 2 years in Mont Louis before starting their own project in Muscadet. This was in 2013 and the first vintage was made the year after, in 2014. They farm 8,5 hectares where 7,8 hectares is Muscadet. All the vineyards are managed organically. They have four different kinds of soils that give four main cuvées; Croix Moriceau, NoLem, Le Breil and Le Mortier Gobin.
These wines are refreshing and have a beautiful minerality with nice fruit and high drinkability.
2021 Vin Pétillant Naturel Blanc Potion Mama
Soil: Silt and sand on orthogneiss and amphibolite.
Grape: 80% Melon de Bourgogne 20% Folle Blanche
Appellation: Vin de France
Age of Vines: Planted 2009
Vinification: Direct press before fermentation and then bottled in October with some sugar left to create nice bubbles. Aged on the lees for 15 months before disgorgement.
2022 Circus Melon
Soil: Silt and Sand on orthogneiss and amphibolite.
Grape: Melon de Bourgogne
Appellation: AOC Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Age of Vines: Planted 2013-2018
Vinification: Direct press before fermentation and then aged in concrete tanks until bottling in March 2023.
2021 Ker ma
Soil: Amphibolite
Grape: Melon de Bourgogne
Appellation: AOC Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Age of Vines: Planted 1976-1986
Vinification: Direct press before fermentation and then ageing for 8 months on the lees in concrete tank.
2020 Le Breil
Soil: Orthogneiss, quartz and silica on the hillside opposite to Mortier Gobin.
Grape: Melon de Bourgogne
Appellation: AOC Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Age of Vines: Planted 1976 – 1986
Vinification: Direct press before fermentation and then ageing 13 months on the lees in concrete tank.
2020 Nolem
Soil: Sand and amphibolite.
Grape: Melon de Bourgogne
Appellation: Vdf
Age of Vines: Planted 1975
Vinification: Direct press before fermentation and then ageing for 8 months in old barriques.
2018 Mortier Gobin
Soil: Orthogneiss, quartz and siltstone on one hillside.
Grape: Melon de Bourgogne
Appellation: AOC Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Age of Vines: Planted 1960
Vinification: Direct press before fermentation and then ageing for 12 months on the lees in concrete tank.
2021 Les Mamas Red
Soil: Silt and Sand on orthogneiss and amphibolite.
Grape: Cabernet Franc
Appellation: AOC Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Age of Vines: Planted 2013
Vinification: Detsemmed bunches were macerating for 8 days in open vats before ageing in old barriques for 1,5 years.