Louis Metaireau Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie Petit Mouton 2023 core-no-restrictions with around ten months in

with around ten months in oak

crushed herbs

The 2021 Estate is structured and proportioned in a way that recalls the Napa of the 1970s and '80s

Precise and linear with some richness that comes from 7 years of lees aging and blending multiple vintages of wine with the oldest being over 20 years old

Louis Metaireau Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie Petit Mouton 2023 core-no-restrictions with around ten months inOne of the iconic names in Muscadet, now in the hands of Marie Luce Metaireau and her partner, who have carried on the family tradition of treating Sevre et Maine with the seriousness it deserves. Petit Mouton comes from younger vines at the storied Grand Mouton vineyard, fermented with native yeast and rested on the lees in concrete and glass through the winter before bottling gravity only, no stirring, no filtration. The result is everything