domaine de la chauviniere 2019

the terroir is unique, it is a granite of château-thébaud, it represents only an island in the heart of the muscadet vineyard of about 4%. the soil is shallow (20 to 30 cm), composed of coarse elements: sand, gravel, pebbles. it is a warm, well-drained soil which ensures an early budding of the vines. the parent rock (château-thébaud granite) is vertically fractured and very altered, which allows the vine to take root deep down, where it always finds water and minerals to ensure the continuity of these cycles and thus offer us grapes of great maturity with very good sugar/acidity balance. this dwelling, very well situated on a hill, on the edge of the maine, includes a chapel. as far back as we can remember, writings show that it was a rest house for the missionaries of the saint clément community, attached to the oratory. it then became a focus for jansenism. in 1710 the chauvinière was also a resting place for father louis grignon de montfort, who died in 1716 and was canonised in 1947. these works greatly inspired john paul ii, notably the "treatise on true devotion to mary" from which he drew his episcopal and papal motto totus tuus. his doctoral thesis is currently being studied in rome. the muscadet domaine de la chauvinière, with its white-green color, its complex and intense nose, its mouth with a long finish where aromas of white flowers stand out, combines fruitiness and finesse.