Noëlla MORANTIN

Noëlla Morantin 's work is respectful of the land, the grapes, the wines and the consumers. Since 2011, she has decided to do without the AOC and remains in Vin de France. In the heart of the Châteaux de la Loire, Noëlla is fully committed to the natural wine approach. Her wines are frank and sincere, full of vitality and vivacity.

Trained alongside the stars of natural wines!

Coming from the world of advertising, marketing and communication, Noëlla Morantin decided quite radically and quickly to leave everything behind to learn more about wine (BTS Viti-Oeno) without having the idea of becoming Winemaker. Noëlla did her internships, from 2001 to 2003, at Winery Mosse and fell in love with the Natural Wine family! Then she went to Marc Pesnot (Muscadet). In 2004, the year she graduated, she met Junko Arai, a Japanese importer and owner of Winery Bois Lucas, and started her training there.

Creation of its own Winery in the Loire Valley

In 2008, Noëlla took the plunge and bought some grapes. Starting in 2009, she leased 8.5 ha of vineyards, which had been organically farmed since 1991. Finally, in 2011, she purchased her first vineyards (3.8 ha in Bois Lucas). Vineyard work includes surface tillage, disc harrowing, inter-row cultivation, and cultivator work. Grapes are harvested by hand and placed in crates.

Characteristic grape varieties of the Loire: sauvignon, côt, cabernet franc...

Vinification: for the reds, vatting in wooden vats, whole bunches, then a carbo on 'Mon Cher' and a traditional one on 'La Boudinerie', the two gamay vintages. For the côt, millefeuilles between whole bunches and destemmed. The whites, that is to say the sauvignon: direct pressing, tapped after a night of settling, maturing for one year or more, barrels and tons (of 400 l).