Domaine des Gâtz 'Antipode' Red 2021
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Press 4 Red • October 2024 Direct Press Selection
This is a new project that again speaks to the relative access for the younger generation of winemakers in the Loire. In this case, Maxime Petit and Alexis Frenkel, childhood friends, were able to take over four hectares from Jacques Carroget of Domaine de la Paonnerie. Carroget was an early adopter of organic and Biodynamic practices and has since pushed for the Vin méthode Nature label, the first in France to denote natural winemaking.
For their part, Maxime and Alexis have managed to get the recently launched "Vins Naturels" zero sulfur designation on their wines. "Antipode" comes from 70 year-old Gamay vines planted on schist and has the nervier tension that is more typical of the Coteaux d'Ancenis, which is in the Loire Valley's most western reaches, closer to Nantes and the Atlantic Ocean. 3 weeks of semi-carbonic maceration in fiberglass tank, and another 6 months in fiberglass before bottling. It's a crunchy wine with notes of beets, cranberries, blackberries, and sassafras. The mouthwatering, dark fruit is matched with deep, meaty, iron notes and a feral, sauvage attitude. Jonathan Kemp
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