2023 Domaine Frantz Saumon 'Vin de Frantz' Menu Pineau Vin de France Pierluigi Zampaglione Vine Age: Planted 1960-1961

Vine Age: Planted 1960-1961

The majority of the fruit for this bottling came from vines planted in the 1990's at Andreas Vineyard

The blend is driven by Treixadura but there is also Verdello Antiguo and Dona Blanca

and watermelon with a finish evocative of autumn and deciduous forest floor—October leaves and wet soil • Non-chill filtered

This is a somewhat obscure vinification technique referred to in France as “flottaison” (flotation) or “trempouiller” (to dip

2023 Domaine Frantz Saumon 'Vin de Frantz' Menu Pineau Vin de France Pierluigi Zampaglione Vine Age: Planted 1960-1961Frantz Saumon has been making wine in Montlouis since 2002 when he graduated from oenology school. Instead of taking the traditional route and working for an established producer to learn the ropes, Frantz jumped in feet first and purchased a small plot of land of his own. A slightly obsessive, serious minded vigneron, Frantz set out to make "true Montlouis"; to this end, he has converted the vineyards to organic viticulture, only relies on indigenous