2018 Nicolas Suteau 'Arzur' Melon

Region: Muscadet < Loire < France Grapes: Melon de Bourgogne Vineyard/cellar stats: Certified organic, practicing biodynamic; schist soils; grapes are picked late in order to ensure full ripeness, de-stemmed with no maceration on the skins, the fermented and aged 5 months in stainless steel; bottled unfined/unfiltered with no added So2; zero-zero; 13% ABV; 166 cases Winemaker: Nicolas Suteau The Loire valley ranges from more continental climates in the east, to maritime as the region approaches the Atlantic in the west, which is why the Muscadet AOC is famous for cool climate wines with a distinct coastal influence.  Here, Nicolas Suteau took over his old family farm along in 2007.   Like his family had, and like most in the region do, Nicolas worked conventionally for many years until he had an epiphany, and converted to organic farming in 2016.  He is currently working towards complete conversion to biodynamic viticulture and eliminating all added So2.  His small estate is sp