Muscadet de Sevre et Maine Sur Lie: Domaine de la Mortaine 2010
Description
A bone dry Muscadet, with a subdued saline nose and a bracing citric zest on the palate. This failsafe crowd-pleaser makes for a bracing aperitif or accompaniment to all manner of fruits de mer.
It is readily identifiable by its distinctive label, designed by Quentin Blake, depicting a sporting Bacchanalian couple
- Style: White Wine, Dry (Sec), Light-bodied
- Region: Loire, Muscadet (Vin de Pays Nantais),
- Producer: Sébastian Chéreau
- Vintage: 2010
- Grape variety (Cépage): Muscadet
- Wine pairing - drink with: Shellfish, Oysters
- Cellarage: Best drunk within two years of vintage.
- Vinification: Machine harvested grapes from 25-year-old vines have a very simple and traditional vinification on their lees before being bottled the following March. This prolonged sojourn on the yeast debris of fermentation adds body and vivacity to the wine (at the risk of secondary fermentation).
Wines made thus are entitled to be labelled 'sur lie'. - Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 12%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie: Domaine de la Mortaine 2010
The Chereaus have been vignerons for two centuries, and the Domaine is now ably run by Sébastian. Yapp Brothers first shipped the 1973 vintage and have listed every year since.