Food Pairings

• • Salads
• • Shrimp
• • Mussels
• • Aperitif
• • Fish
• • Oysters
• • Shellfish

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Michel Morilleau Muscadet sur Lie 2005		France
Muscadet is one of the Loire Valley’s most famous wines.

Release Notes:

Price : $11.75  Qty:  Item No. : 19887  Our Rating : 91  Country : France  Region : Cotes de Grand Lieu  Grape : Melon  de  Bourgogne  Alcohol : 12%

Muscadet is one of the Loire Valley’s most famous wines. This crisp and invigorating white wine made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape is famous for being an excellent partner to shellfish, especially oysters. Like all the best Muscadet, this wine was bottled sur lie – straight from the fermentation vat – a technique that adds richness and texture to the wine.

Tasting Notes:

This wine has a nose of citrus and stone fruits (peaches). On the palate, crisp peach, orange peel, and mineral flavors predominate. This wine is fresh and crisp like a good Muscadet should be with an elegant mouthfeel before a fresh, tangy finish. Muscadet’s classic food pairing is oysters, but this wine can also be enjoyed as an aperitif or with mussels, shrimp, fish, or salads. Drink now to 2008.

Winery:

Michel Morilleau is one of the best small producers in the Muscadet Côtes de Grand Lieu region; wines have been produced on his land since the 12th century when the property... Read more