Gros Plant

Gros Plant du Pays Nantais, and Friends
Before finishing up, a few words on the other Nantais wine regions. First up, Gros Plant du Pays Nantais, commonly abbreviated to the simple Gros Plant.

GROS PLANT:
Minor grape related to the Folle Blanche grape formerly used in making the distilled Cognac brandy wines. Now found mainly grown in the Loire-Muscadet region of France and used for blending purposes.

Also known as, Gros Plant Nantais, Enrage, Rochelle Blanc, Mendik, Camobraque, Pinpoul.
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White Type of vine giving a very sharp wine (gros plant).
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Indicates a wine, in particular an old wine, in which the various characters mix harmoniously between them to form a quite homogeneous unit.
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Small acreages still remain in the western Loire region that are used to produce an often light, sharply acidic wine called "Gros Plant du Pays Nantais" locally claimed to be a useful foodmatch alternative to Muscadet de Bourgogne.

The fermentation of Muscadet is generally done in steel tanks, however some producers also make use of casks with different sizes even for aging. Finally, in the same production area of Muscadet, is also produced Gros Plant, ...

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