MONTLOUIS, MINÉRALE+
DOMAINE FRANTZ SAUMON
Certified Organic - No Sulphur added
Frantz Saumon used to be a forester in both Canada and France for several years. In 2001 he decided to take over a small three hectare property in Montlouis near Tours.
Frantz is another non-interventionist and works without chemicals in the vineyards. The winery is an underground cellar carved into the tuffeau, the ubiquitous fossil-rich clay of the region, and all
the wines are vinified in barrels (some 228l, some 400l) only with the indigenous yeasts.
Minérale+ is a natural wine, made without sulphur, wild yeast fermented, no additions and organically grown grapes.
The wine delivers a lot of ripe apple and pear on the nose, with classic wet wool hints, grapey and gentle spice. Rich and full on the palate, tangy, quite mineral and ending with fresh, balancing acidity.
`Montlouis Minérale 2010, Frantz Saumon, 13.5% - A lovely herby nose with pears, rich complex honeycomb and beeswax on the palate, with a real mineral tang and lemon zest on the finish. Stockists: Baggot St Wines; The Corkscrew, Chatham St, Dublin 2; Fallon Byrne, Exchequer St Dublin 2; Redmond’s, Ranelagh, Le Caveau, Kilkenny` John Wilson, Irish Times bottle of the week 4th February 2012
