D OMAINE L UCAS SALMON

Mickaël Salmon
After finishing my studies in 2012, I worked as a winemaker in a domain for two years before returning to the family business in 2014, where I began to integrate myself into all levels of the operation.
In February 2015, I left for New Zealand to work in a winery in the Marlborough Valley for several months.
In July 2019, I joined forces with my father on our family domain, Domaine Salmon. At the same time I decided to create my domain in organic conversion in order to bring a different approach to the vine and the cellar. I have selected several fairly specific terroirs to produce only single-plot cuvées in white and red wines.
Having visited many vineyards in France and around the world, and above all of having tasted a lot of different wines, allows me to have a precise vision of the types of cuvées that I wanted to make.
Today the Domaine Lucas-Salmon extends over 10 hectares in Melon Blanc, Folle Blanche, Gamay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Pinot Gris.
The name Lucas, associated with the name Salmon, pays homage to my great-grandparents who were also winemakers in the Landes Devin.


Behind each vintage, a very clear vision : put the grape variety in the spotlight thanks to controlled yields, and human work to the fore through intense effort in the vineyard. We disbud manually in Vin de France to lighten the hearts of the vines and thus obtain more airy bunches and more beautiful wood ; and we practice a green harvest in July to regulate the vigor of the vines.
In the cellar, each grape variety is sublimated and aged in the container that corresponds to it (concrete vat, clay amphora, terracotta or cement egg), and lightly sulfurized. All our vintages are bottled without fining or filtration.






An exceptional terroir as playground
The domain extends over the township of Château-Thébaud and Vertou, in which the Sèvre and the Maine pass, two rivers which meander between the hillsides of the Nantes vineyards.
The proximity of the vineyard to the sea offers saline and oceanic wines recognized for their freshness and minerality.
We find in our plots granites, gneiss and quartz.




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