Gilbert Chon
Producer: | Gilbert Chon |
Country: | France |
Region: | Loire |
Subregion: | Muscadet |
City of Origin: | ST JULIEN DE CONCELLES ET VERTOU |
Date Founded: | 1719 |
Owner Name: | GFA Du Parc - Chon family |
Vineyard Size: | 187.72 |
Total Annual Production: | 650,000 bottles/year |
Property History:
Located 12 km (7.5 miles) east of Nantes, the Château de la Jousselinière is a quality center of Nantes wine-making, as grapevines have been growing there since 1643. The subsoil is made of granilite and friable schists that can be seen on the surface of thehillsides. The roots of the grapewines go down very deep in the soil, and only after several meters do the roots of the grapevine find the essential elements it needs.
Owner History:
The CHON Family began work in Burgundy vineyards around the 1690's. After the dreadful frost of 1709 that destroyed a big part of the french vineyards, Mathurin CHON left his native soil and following the Loire, settled near Nantes. Using a burgundian grapevine, the Melon, he then started producing Muscadet. While respecting the family traditions, Gilbert CHON & sons today use modern techniques (temperature controlled fermentation, cold stabilization, vacuum bottling and corking, etc.) to improve wine quality and extend their aging.
