Domaine Luneau-Papin L d’Or (magnum) Muscadet Sevre et Maine sur Lie – 2022

From a very special vineyard planted in 1984 on granite soils, this is an excellent example of Muscadet de Sevre et Maine appellation at an extremely fair price! This wine was biodynamically-farmed, hand-picked, wild-fermented then left to mature on its lees in large old oak casks for 9 months to give more flavour complexity.

It is elegant and restrained with lovely intensity of flavour and bright, mineral acidity – Muscadet’s answer to Puligny Montrachet!

Biodynamic-certified Domaine Luneau Papin is one of the top producers in the Muscadet region – their wines have an extra level of intensity, purity and minerality to any other Muscadets I have tried. Husband and wife team Pierre-Marie and Marie Luneau Papin pay incredible attention to detail in the vineyard to produce grapes which perfectly express their different hillside terroirs overlooking the Goulaine wetlands and Atlantic Ocean beyond.