South West
Germinus - 2018 - Fred Niger
Domaine de l'Ecu
A nose of strawberry, morello cherry, black fruit, blood orange, and spices. Palate: a wine of lovely tension, with balance between fruit and acidity, and fine tannins, it’s fluid yet imposing at the same time, with a stewed strawberry finish.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2022 to 2027
- rock’n’roll
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Produced in collaboration with a vigneron friend from Cahors – Germain Croisille, from Château Les Croisille. 100% Malbec from vines farmed organically and planted on a siliceous and ferrous terroir made up of red clay, a plot located on the limestone plateau of Luzech. Harvesting is done by hand, then the grapes are fed into the winery by gravity: they are destemmed by 50%, then placed in vats for 10 days, with indigenous yeasts, and finally matured for 9 months in 150- and 600-litre amphorae. Bottled without fining, filtration or added sulphites.

Fred Niger
Fred bought Domaine de l'Écu in 2010, with its perfect soils cultivated organically since 1972, then certified biodynamic by DEMETER in 1998. He’s been collaborating with Guy Bossard since 2014, the master of Muscadet. The pairing is simply miraculous. Fred, a novice at winegrowing but an unparalleled taster, knows exactly what he wants and what he intends to do for wine in the Muscadet....
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