WINETASTIC
Jean-Baptiste Hardy
Mouzillon - Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine
Jean-Baptiste Hardy is one these young winemakers revamping the Muscadet appellation.
After his training at Domaine Roulot and Domaine Leflaive, and working in vineyards all around the world including Patagonia (Bodega Chacra), California (Domaine de la Côte) and New Zealand (Fromm Winery), he took over his family estate in 2018 located in Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine.
The estate in composed of 4 hectares planted only with the local variety – Melon de Bourgogne, only from massale selection, from the 1950s and 1960s.
Planted on typical Muscadet terroir : complex soils of gabbros (volcanic soils and fragmented granite), silica and clay. He also has a small negoce activity for producing some outstanding red Loire valley blends.
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2020 was his first own vintage, and it is already a name to watch.
Jean-Baptiste Hardy in the bottle
Éclats
100% Melon de Bourgogne planted on gabbros soils, vinified and aged on lees for 18 months in buried glass vats. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts, no filtration.
L’Aubier
100% Chardonnay coming from young vines, vinified and aged 12 months on lees in 600 liters foudres and amphoras, then 6 months in buried glass vats.
Ponceau
Predominately Merlot blended with Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon planted in 1994 on granite and clay soils. Southern exposition Aged 18 months in 228L barrels. Bottled without fining or filtration.
