Muscadet

[Dylan]

Does anybody else have a poor reaction to wines from Muscadet lately?

I've had issues with the last few that I've tried - entry-level bottles from Chevalier, Landron and Luneau-Papin. They seemed flawed...not really detected on the nose but mostly on the palate. I don't remember exact vintages but nothing past 2011. I do remember the Landron being a screw-top from 2011. With the Chevalier, I opened a second and third bottle and still had the same reaction.

Is there a distinctive quality in these wines that is similar to the sensation of a corked bottle? Or am I just having bad luck?

 

[SFJoe]

There was a lot of rot in the region in 2011, even from very good producers.

Try some 2012s and get back to us.

 

[Bill Lundstrom]

2012 Peperie (the basic one) is incrediblely good. I can't stop drinking it.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
2012 Peperie (the basic one) is incrediblely good. I can't stop drinking it.

No one can. That's why it's gone. Damn it.