2018 | Louis Metaireau | Grand Mouton Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine Sur Lie

A tight style of Muscadet that seems to demand aging. The structure of green fruits and pear skins offers good density, while the ripeness goes with touches of spice, almonds and yeast.

Producer Information

Over the past two decades Jean-François Guilbaud and Marie-Luce Métaireau have taken the "artisanale" beginnings of her father and gone on to write their own chapter in the history of Muscadet. Grand Mouton began as a vision of Louis Métaireau’s troupe of "Les Vignerons d'Art." The name Mouton echos an older French term "mothon" meaing mound, and is in reference to the elevated position and status of the original vineyard purchased by Louis and his group in 1972. Jean-François and Marie-Luce began purchasing parcels of this vineyard in 1988 with the goal of bringing the cherished vineyards of their two families together under one house. Their estates are located in the heart of the Nantes vineyard region and they have 30 hectares of vines situated on three boroughs between Sèvre et Maine, exclusively planted with the grape variety Melon de Bourgogne (Muscadet). Vines planted as far back as 1937 root into the rocky terroir composed of gneiss, mica, garnet and amphibolite –a recipe of stones between the Sèvre and Maine rivers known as the most highly regarded of the Muscadet appellations. While we carve our turkeys, hang our stockings and dye our eggs, these wines ‘faire ses pacques’ (literally ‘make their Easter’), resting 'sur lie' to develop richness and depth, and bottled by gravity with no filtration. Jean-François and Marie-Luce are truly les Vignerons d'Art.

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