Pierre-Henri Gadais 'Zeste' Melon Blanc 2022

"Coming from two winegrowing families, i.e. Sancerre and Muscadet, I soon became passionate for the universe of wine and decided to study viticulture and oenology.

Following a four-year training complemented by several winemaking experiences through various vineyards of France (Burgundy, Bordeaux, Muscadet, Sancerre), as well as a vinification experience in a biodynamic field in Switzerland and an ultimate experience in Australia, I came back to the family estate in 2016.

On my return, my father had been running the House Estate and had acquired in 2009 an estate on the hillside of the village La Pétière. I found this small fourteen-hectare vineyard intriguing and already considered its strong potential of terroir."

On the nose blood orange, melon, tropical tones, banana and mango. Fresh green herbs and wet stones. Sur-lie left a creamy trace and barrel ageing a bit of far smokiness and resinous shadow. Amusing light orange wine with moderate acidity and light tannins; every piece of the puzzle put nicely together in great balance.

Winemaking : Harvested on a slight over ripeness, the whole clusters are placed in an open barrel to do a carbonic maceration of 2 weeks. When this maceration ends, the grapes are pressed and blended with the initial juice. This blend will go back in the same barrels used for the macerations. The alcoolic fermentation will ends then the malo starts on it’s own. The wine doesn’t receive any add, no sulfites during the entire process.

Aging : The aging is done is used oak barrels. The goal is to have an exchange with oxygene but not to have an add of oak taste. The wine will age for 8 months on it’s winemaking lies without raking and without any battonages.

Limited production of only 3 200 bottles