Name: Dom de la Louvetrie Muscadet 2011
Variety: Melon de Bourgogne
Country: France (Loire Valley)
Price $15.95
Vintage Cellar Review: Jo Landron's Mucadet Sevre et Maine is from a beautiful walled vineyard sloping towards the Sevre, with clay, sand and quartz stones over a bedrock of Orthogneiss. The vines average 40 to 50 years of age, the vineyard is certified organic and biodynamic and gives very low yields. Always one of my favorite Muscadets, the 2011 is superb with citrus, pear and herbals aromas with a bit of smoke and sea-salt. The palate is dense and very long with fabulous acidity. It will provide exhilarating early drinking and will be very interesting in 20 years as well.
My Review: It seems like the terroir plays a really strong hand in this wine and based on the review and tasting it I definitely agree. It mentions a sandy, quartzy element and I definitely smelled a mineraly aspect to it. It was an overall delicate smell, but the light mineral quality hit my palate firmly. The taste shared a mineral rocky taste to it, but notes of citrus cut through it too and was quite refreshing. It was almost like a salty, lemon-lime taste that was different from anything else I've tasted and was really nice.
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