A lovely older Muscadet
Found a 7-year-old bottle of Muscadet in the cellar. Turned out to be delicious.
Found a 7-year-old bottle of Muscadet in the cellar. Turned out to be delicious.
I don’t drink enough Muscadet. Together with its red counterpart – Beaujolais – it is France’s and perhaps Europe’s most undervalued wine, and can really deliver a boatload of enjoyment and refreshment for the modic price of 4–6€. I was reminded of this obvious fact by the Serge Batard Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu sur lie 2006 I picked up in the deli today.
It isn’t a great wine, but I found its simplicity and clean, mineral flavour delightful. A pleasant granitey nose with moderate intensity; perhaps some appley fruit. On the palate there is again an impression of stoniness, and freshly ground pepper. Some expansive fruit of the generous 2006 vintage, otherwise a rather linear, not very long, medium crisp wine. I downed the bottle in a short time and felt like I could open another. That’s what I call drinkability.