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Domaine la Haute Fevrie, Muscadet,
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This domaine, 18 kilometres south of Nantes (with its beautiful waterways and giant mechanical elephant), is owned and meticulously run by Sébastien Branger. The domaine’s 27 hectares stretch across numerous terroirs, but this cuvée hails from younger vines (15 to 35 years old) which ripen early, on a gneiss-rich slope overlooking the river Sèvre. It’s hand harvested and aged for seven months on its lees. Slightly spritzy in the glass, as any good young Muscadet should be, with classic citrus aromas. The palate is feather-weight, with a modest 12 percent alcohol and electrifying acidity. This is a maritime wine, in the vein of a Txakoli or Vinho Verde, and an ideal accompaniment to all seafood, notably oysters or moules marinières.
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£129.00
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Domaine la Haute Fevrie, Muscadet,
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This super cuvée is made from a 7.2 hectare parcel overlooking the Maine river at Saint-Fiacre (the birthplace of Commissaire Maigret according to his creator, Georges Simenon). Beneath the vines is a band of blue-ish amphibolite rock, to which winemaker Sébastien Branger attributes this wine’s intensity and salty, mineral character. Without sacrificing the lively acidity that’s a hallmark of all the best Muscadets, Les Gras Moutons (The Fat Sheep) is rendered a little more corpulent by a well-judged 14 months on its lees. Exceptionally good with rich seafood dishes like lobster thermidor.
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The most commonly grown grape in the Pays Nantais region of the Loire and the grape behind Muscadet wines. It was first planted in the Loire in the 17th century as the result of a severe frost and the decimation of most of the red varieties. Growers were attracted by the grape's resistance to frost and by its suitability for distillation.
It is a naturally high yielding grape that performs best on schistous and granitic soils. It produces very dry white wines with a distinctive mineral feel as well as almost neutral-flavoured fruit characteristics. Seldom seen outside the Pays Nantais, although there are some plantings in its native Burgundy.