2023 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet Sèvre et Maine

About the Wine

Very fresh always, with expressive white pear fruit. The palate is both tight and supple, although the feeling is very direct and refreshing. Fine acid underpins the wine - it's lightly stony core with a fine cushion of elegant fruit and lovely lingering minerality.
A wine to drink over the next 3 to 5 years, it has a more herbal and floral bouquet than the pure granite-based wines, this 2023 is another beautiful wine showing pretty herbal, citrus, and white fruit aromas. This is a great value Muscadet! 

About Domaine de la Pépière

Domaine de la Pépière in Maisdon sur Sèvre in the Muscadet, is one of the greatest eststes of the Loire Valley. The reputation comes from the vibrancy and density of the wines which reflect their terroir, mostly decomposed Granite, Gabbro and Gniess.

There are 28 hectares of vines; about 8 hectares lie on the granite of Clisson in the more southerly part of the appellation, another 12 hectares further north, on the granite of Château Thébaud; both of which contain veins of metamorphic gneiss with amphibolite stones. 

Domaine de la Pépière is a standout in the region for several reasons. Access to old vines - the vines are old, some over 70 years and all are planted 'selection massale'. Selection massale is an ancient and laborious method of replanting by taking the cuttings from the old and best vines. 

It takes about four years to produce a quarter of the number of vines of the initial cuttings. As artisans they prefer selection massale because it provides vine diversity, resulting in complex wines. 

Vines are farmed organically, harvest is by hand, even the basic Muscadet Sur Lie is aged on lees until the following spring, and they use only indigenous yeasts – all such practices are practically non-existant in the Muscadet. 

Region: Loire Valley

Country: France

Vintage: 2023

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork