2023 Domaine Landron Chartier 'Melon B'

Melon de Bourgogne 

Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire, France

Bernard and Benoît Landron are a father-son team operating a family-run winery northeast of Nantes, where they manage 25 hectares of organic vineyards with a precision that feels as intentional as a master woodworker's joinery.

For the 'Melon B'—the historic grape behind Muscadet—they source fruit from 40 to 80-year-old vines planted on a patchwork of schist and gneiss soils. These ancient vines are hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeasts, then aged for six to eight months on fine lees to build a generous, textural weight that balances the wine's natural "electric" pulse.

The result is a spectacularly pure and vibrant Muscadet that expressions the hallmark freshness of the Loire Valley, delivering textural notes of fresh quince and white peach pinned together by a distinct mineral-driven acidity. It is an honest, raw expression of terroir, made with minimal intervention and low sulphur to preserve its "living" energy.