Orthogneiss - Muscadet Vin De France 2023 Domaine De l'Ecu

Domaine de l'Ecu's Orthogneiss 2023 is the more austere and contemplative sibling of the Granite: same grape variety but a completely different rock underfoot. Orthogneiss, a metamorphic rock of granitic origin transformed over time by heat and pressure, imparts to Melon de Bourgogne a denser, more layered profile, with a minerality that is less sharp than granite and more profound, almost smoky, capable of evoking wet stone, iodine, and earth.

The vines are between 45 and 55 years old, with roots deep in a shallow, granular soil that forces the plant to work, to dig, to concentrate. The result is a white wine of great aromatic purity, at once subtle and elegant, which in its youth may seem austere and angular but with time opens up to ripe citrus, dried fruit, toasted almond, and an unmistakable saline minerality.