Mephisto 2020 - Domaine de l'Ecu

Mephisto - Domaine De L'Ecu

The "Mephisto" of Domaine de l'Ecu is a red wine produced with 100% Cabernet Franc grapes. The vineyards that are found in one of the best areas of the Loire for the cultivation of Cabernet Franc, on soils of granite origin that know how to best express the fruit of this vine. After the manual harvest, in the cellar, the grapes after destemming are spontaneously fermented with only indigenous yeasts in cement tanks. Aging takes place for 15 months in a terracotta amphora and in old oak barrels. No clarification and filtration before being bottled. The Mephisto is presented in a ruby ​​red glass. On the nose are perceived notes of red fruit, small stolen woods, enriched with hints of undergrowth and dried flowers. On the palate it is complex, full-bodied, warm, fleshy, with a pleasant freshness and lively tannins. Long finish for an extraordinary wine.

Service

We taste the Muscadet at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulip goblets. Wine to drink immediately but leave a few years to rest in the cellar can give great emotions.

Pairings

A wine that lends itself to being paired with flat pymi, meat second courses. Try it with a Florentine steak.

Cellar: Domaine de l'Ecu

Guy Bossard is a man of a few words but of so many facts, hands and face bring the signs of the days spent working in the vineyard. Its cellar is located in Muscadet Sèvre and Maine, a few miles from Nantes, famous for producing fresh and light wines with the best combination of oysters. Guy Bossard cultivates 21 hectares of vineyards, 16 of which are planted in Melon de Bourgogne, two hectares of Cabernet and Chardonnay and the remaining ones in Fole Blanche. It cultivates its vineyards in organic culture since 1975 and 1992, moving to the biodynamic regime, with the elimination of any chemical substance and the use of preparations such as cow's milk powder and macerated flowers. It is not uncommon to see him, in younger vineyards, use his horse to plow land. The land on which its vineyards stand are composed of three different geological formations: Gneiss, Orthogneiss and Granite, which give the name to Guy Bossard's wines. The grapes are vinified separately to ensure the extraordinary minerality of the different terroirs. Guy Bossard's wines are far from Muscadet stereotypes, but structured, deep and mineral