Domaine Le Fay d'Homme, Muscadet, Terre de Gneiss Amphora, Loire, France (150cl.), 2017

Producer Profile

Nestled in the heart of the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine appellation, Domaine Fay d’Homme is a family affair: the craft of winemaking has been passed on from generation to generation of the Caillé family for decades.

In 1986, Vincent Caillé took the lead in running the family vineyard’s operations, since when he has produced premium quality wines of the highest standard, combining low intervention and traditional methods that truly express the local Muscadet Sevre et Maine terroir. Terre de Gneiss and Terre de Gabbro, made in association with Christelle Guibert, are examples of wonderful modern Muscadets rooted in the terroir produced using a combination of traditional and biodynamic viticultural practices with exceptional quality as their overriding goal.

Viticulture

The vineyard is near the village of Monnières where there is an abundance of metamorphic gneiss rocks littering the soil. Vines are around 70 years old and farmed organically and biodynamically.

Winemaking

Hand harvested, fermented with indigenous yeasts followed by aging on the fine lees in a cement egg and amphora.

Tasting Note

This wine is long on the palate, well structured with lovely minerality from the gneiss soils and amphora ageing.

Food Matching

Fish in sauce (beurre blanc), white meats and soft cheeses.