" MUSCADET SÈVRE & MAINE SUR LIE L D'OR

GRAPE VARIETY
PLOT PROFILE
100% melon de Bourgogne
Granite
Village of Vallet. Vines planted in 1984.
Mother rock of granite and gneiss with two micas of the Armoricain Massif. This plot is one of the
historical treasures of the Luneau family. It rises up between two villages and has a river runnings
through it. Officially part of the village of Vallet, the plot lies at the top of a hillside forming a
500 meter wide seam of granite that descends gently to the gneiss of the village of Le Landreau.
VINEYARD CARE
THROUGH THE
SEASONS
WINEMAKING
TECHNIQUES
TASTING
PRESS
PACKAGING
CERTIFICATION
Spring soil preparation has been performed in a traditional manner (earthing down and hoeing)
throughout the entire estate since 2009. We treat and take care of the vines with natural
preparations (no chemical products) and sow cover crops such as pulses and cereals at the end
of summer, with close attention to the needs of each crop. We stimulate soil life with one or two
applications of horn dung; (preparation 500) in spring and apply a horn silica (preparation 501)
after bloom and before harvest if necessary.
Vines are short cut pruned (single guyot) during winter. Vine density is 6,500 plants per hectare.
Careful sorting is carried out in the vineyard by grape harvesters.
Grapes are pressed in a pneumatic press, strength and length of pressing is adapted to each vintage.
Spontaneous fermentation using only natural yeasts. Fermentation and maturation on lees in
underground glass lined vats + amphorae (Italian terracotta), without racking until bottling
during summer time 2023.
Serve at 12˚C
Pike with beurre blanc, pike perch and citrus butter, jellied oysters,
Extra mature Comté cheese
L d’Or, on the other hand, is expressed by a grain of great finesse and a comforting savory
fullness, highlighting the umami flavor. A magnificent expression from the granites.
RVF Guide Vert 2023 par Alexis Goujard
L d’Or is based on granite, as is proudly emblazoned on the modern label, pictured above-left.
(The previous, old-fashioned label was retired with the 2011 vintage.) The vineyard is described
as ‘mother rock of granite and gneiss with two micas of the Armoricain Massif’. Marie
Chartier-Luneau, the estate’s ‘vigneronne dynamique’, explains that this cuvée was first
born from experiments in the 1970s: ‘over the course of several vintages, the granite
plot coming out each time, [we] decided to isolate it at each harvest for the L d’Or’. (...)
Jancis Robinson par Richard Hemming Janvier 2022
The L d’Or cuvée, produced on granite soils, offers an iodized and saline dimension
and recalls, as it ages, the fabric of the great Alsatian Rieslings. His custody is assured.
Guide Bettane & Desseauve 2022 par Denis Hervier
750 ML & 1500 ML bottle
6 or 12 bottle cases
ECOCERT organic agriculture certification
DEMETER & BIODYVIN biodynamic labelisatio