June 2017 issue of Decanter: Muscadet is back
Back
in February 2017 Decanter magazine held a panel tasting of Muscadet
with extended lees aging. I was one of the trio of tasters. The other
two were Chris Kissack (The Wine Doctor) and Ben Llewelyn (Carte
Blanche). It was easily the most impressive Decanter panel tasting that I
have ever been to as the depth of quality was remarkable. There were 11
wines judged to be Outstanding with three of these scored as
Exceptional and a further 63 wine Highly Recommended. Few of these wines
cost more than £20 and many £15 or under, so offering remarkable
quality.
2007 Excelsior, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Domaine Pierre Luneau Papin was the top wine with an aggregate score of 99 points.
Although
all three of us on the panel are fans of good Muscadet, we were,
however, taken aback by the number of excellent wines that we tasted
from the around 110 samples submitted. These extended lees aging
Muscadets provide a different expression of Muscadet – more complex and
with a great depth of flavour and are great value.
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