Much more than a lively little wine to be sipped chilled with oysters, Muscadet is one of France’s most distinctive white wines. In the hands of good winemakers, it is also a real terroir wine.
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Domaine de La Pépière, Muscadet-Sèvre and Maine Château Thébaud 2017
$34 – SAQ Code 14760810 – 12% – <2g/L
Château-Thébaud is one of Muscadet’s new municipal crus, all of which come from low yields and benefit from longer aging on the lees (18 months minimum). Marc Ollivier and Remi Branger have taken the practice even further with this wine that has been on the lees for three and a half years. The old vines of this granite plot overlooking the Maine River produce a fairly vinous 2017 Muscadet, but without the slightest weight in the mouth, which is just smoothness and lightness, almost weightless. Lemon Zest, Oyster Shell, Sea Spray. More breadth than structure, yet delicious and storable.
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Curious animals, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine 2014, Goulaine, France
$29.85 – SAQ code 13995123 – 12.5% - 2.6 g/L
Still doubting Muscadet’s aging potential? Here’s the hard evidence. Those of Jérémie Huchet and Jérémie Mourat are almost 8 years old and don’t show any tiredness. The nose shows some signs of evolution, notes of beeswax, but the mouth is still full of vitality. Nothing complex, but a good, open and to the point white wine.
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