Wine List
Muscadet Sur Lie Domaine des Herbauges 2011
- Country
- France
- Region
- Loire Valley,
- Pays Nantais
- Producer
- Domaine des Herbauges
- Grape(s)
- Melon de Bourgogne
- Type
- White
- Style
- Crisp
- Oaked Style
- Unoaked
- Body Style
- Light bodied
- Dry / Sweet Style
- Bone dry
- Alcohol Content (%)
- 12
- Closure Style
- Screw Cap
- Organic / Biodynamic
- Normal
Region
At the mouth of the Loire, around the town of Nantes, the Pay Nantais has an Atlantic influenced cool climate and vineyard soil composed of gravel river beds planted with the Melon de Bourgogne variety, famous for the production of Muscadet
Producer
Owned by Luc Choblet, who is a fanatical perfectionist, balancing both technology and tradition in his winemaking. His Muscadet sur Lie is one of intense, almost exotic fruit and clearly shows the character and quality so often missing in this region. The pure Loire Valley Chardonnay is un-oaked and lees aged in the same way that Luc makes his Muscadet.
Tasting (Long)
Muscadet, made from the Melon de Bourgogne, is widely produced around the town of Nantes in the western Loire. These are crisp, refreshing dry wines, ideal with seafood. The Côtes de Grandlieu is considered a superior region of Muscadet, producing intense, almost exotic fruit with the rich bread-like character added by aging over winter on the wine`s lees.
Tasting (Short)
Crisp, intense, almost exotic fruit, with the rich bread-like character added by aging on the wine`s lees.
Food
Ideal with seafood, especially shellfish.
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