Alexandre Déramé

After six years of enology school in Nantes, the humble Alexandre Déramé took over his family estate winery. Although his total production is medium-sized, his yields are among the lowest in Muscadet; his Vieille Vignes yields are minuscule. Though toyed with in the vineyards for many years prior, organic conversion began in 2023 with the objective of having the entirety certified within five years. Located in the gently rolling hills of Mouzillon, Morandière is a tiny commune one of the most highly regarded wine villages in Muscadet. Mouzillon is distinctive for its soils high in concentration of gabbro (a metallic-flecked, pale green and black, hard igneous rock developed through slow cooling of basaltic magma) with loamy soil of orange-colored silex and quartz-like rocks. This unique rock imparts the wines with tremendous power and tension.