2020 PEPIERE MUSCADET SEVRE ET MAINE SUR LIE
2020 PEPIERE MUSCADET SEVRE ET MAINE SUR LIE
100% Melon de Bourgogne. (Organic)
Domaine de la Pépière is one of the top estates in the Muscadet, run by Mark Olivier. Olivier harvests by hand and makes wine naturally, with zero pesticades, extended lees aging, and minimal intervention in the winemaking process, which is rare in Muscadet. The 2016 vintage suffered massive lost due to frost, and so very little wine was made - only this wine (produced using grapes normally reserved for the Clisson, Château Thébaud and Monnières-Saint Fiacre cuvées as well as fruit purchased from neighboring parcels, harvested and selected by Pépière) and a tiny bit of his higher-end Clos des Briords amd Gras Moutons - resulting in one of the great white wine bargains of the year. We were lucky to get what we could! It displays classic Muscadet citrus and stone fruit aromas and flavors with pronounced minerality. The palate is deep, with creaminess from lees aging balanced by bright acidity and saline-like minerality. Terrrific with oysters, fresh shellfish and seafood.
When Marc Ollivier is on, these are the top wines of the AOC - wines that are not only delicious young, but that can also age 10, 20 or 30 years. Ollivier’s Muscadet-sur-Lie is the authentic item — it has lees contact until the time of bottling, generally in late May. This extended contact gives it the crispness that makes Muscadet so refreshing, and the classic wine match for seafood. It is the traditional way to make Muscadet, but has become the exception as growers and shippers rush to bottle “technically correct” wines by early January...Ollivier takes his time. He hand harvests (also a rarity in the region), uses natural yeasts, waits for the wine to finish and bottles with a very light filtration. The vineyards are in old vines (40 years and older) with a particularly good exposition on a plateau overlooking the river Sèvre. All the vineyards are from original stock: Ollivier is the only grower in the Muscadet who does not have a single clonal selection in his vineyards. (Importer)
Domaine de la Pépière is one of the top estates in the Muscadet, run by Mark Olivier. Olivier harvests by hand and makes wine naturally, with zero pesticades, extended lees aging, and minimal intervention in the winemaking process, which is rare in Muscadet. The 2016 vintage suffered massive lost due to frost, and so very little wine was made - only this wine (produced using grapes normally reserved for the Clisson, Château Thébaud and Monnières-Saint Fiacre cuvées as well as fruit purchased from neighboring parcels, harvested and selected by Pépière) and a tiny bit of his higher-end Clos des Briords amd Gras Moutons - resulting in one of the great white wine bargains of the year. We were lucky to get what we could! It displays classic Muscadet citrus and stone fruit aromas and flavors with pronounced minerality. The palate is deep, with creaminess from lees aging balanced by bright acidity and saline-like minerality. Terrrific with oysters, fresh shellfish and seafood.
When Marc Ollivier is on, these are the top wines of the AOC - wines that are not only delicious young, but that can also age 10, 20 or 30 years. Ollivier’s Muscadet-sur-Lie is the authentic item — it has lees contact until the time of bottling, generally in late May. This extended contact gives it the crispness that makes Muscadet so refreshing, and the classic wine match for seafood. It is the traditional way to make Muscadet, but has become the exception as growers and shippers rush to bottle “technically correct” wines by early January...Ollivier takes his time. He hand harvests (also a rarity in the region), uses natural yeasts, waits for the wine to finish and bottles with a very light filtration. The vineyards are in old vines (40 years and older) with a particularly good exposition on a plateau overlooking the river Sèvre. All the vineyards are from original stock: Ollivier is the only grower in the Muscadet who does not have a single clonal selection in his vineyards. (Importer)
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