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2009 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie Vieilles Vignes Clos des Briords (France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie)  $$ FIND THIS WINE on WINE-SEARCHER.COM $$
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.1 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 170 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by fitzi on 1/11/2023: From magnum. Opened for friends & neighbors at a belated New Year's party. Very nice, mature, tangy & saline. From magnum. No sign of oxidation or excessive age. Temperature counts for a lot - drink at cool room temp for the best depth and complexity. 'Fridge temp or anything near to it strips the wine of flavor and character. (848 views) | | | Tasted by coremill on 4/2/2022 & rated 90 points: Much better showing than the previous bottle. Full of lemons, honeydew and seaspray. A gentler, less acidic palate presence than some years, reflecting the riper vintage (although it's not soft or flabby), but with no lack of oceany mineral character.
I think this was the first vintage of Briords I ever tasted, more than ten years ago. It has all come together very nicely. (1414 views) | | | Tasted by RichardsFLX on 4/22/2021: Magnum. What a gorgeous wine. Still dynamic and bright. All the individual Briords elements: salinity, wet stones, tart apple have knit together beautifully into a compressed, focused whole. (1835 views) | | | Tasted by winchester-xi on 12/22/2020: Excellent and at peak. (1804 views) | | | Tasted by coremill on 11/20/2020 & rated 85 points: This bottle showed quite advanced. Darkening gold color, some nuttiness, honeyed yellow fruit, a bit short. Drinkable but I suspect more pristine bottles would show better. (1871 views) | | | Tasted by Peter Kleban on 7/4/2020: ***
Great wine. Beautifully integrated, long, balanced. Notes of pear and citrus. Light with a nice acidic backbone. Fully mature, I"d say. My last one, wish I had more. (1763 views) | | | Tasted by gbauer on 4/11/2020 flawed bottle: TCA? Not horrible, but flawed. (1562 views) | | | Tasted by JohnSh on 5/19/2019 & rated 92 points: I enjoy the roundness and more integrated flavours that aging gives muscadets. This was drinking really well now, with aging also adding richness, but of course the acids and minerality are still there in the background (A-). (1778 views) | | | Tasted by James Kim on 4/13/2019 & rated 93 points: Wine Tasting Group - No Theme - Apr. 13, 2019 (Classic Dallas): PnP. Honeysuckle, tart apples, fantastic levels of minerals, salty sea spray that ends on a savory, herbal finish. The wine has rounded out to give a more creamy mouthfeel than the younger 2017 Briords but still with excellent acids. My favorite of the night. (1802 views) | | | Tasted by Cote d'Or on 11/9/2018: PopnPour, tasted over 2 hrs
-translucent light gold
-faint apple wet stone
-med acidity lends a tangy note to the med- weight mid-palate with sappy apple faint honey and a haunting ripe yellow fruit element on the moderately long finish
-still quite fresh, very good now with no sign of fading, remarkable how well this wine can age (1862 views) | | | Tasted by cweiss on 9/16/2018: Chatham. So good. Plenty of salinity and acidity for oysters and the relative fullness of the vintage. A good but not great vintage that keeps getting better. (1782 views) | | | Tasted by fitzi on 9/12/2018: From memory, a good bottle - as expected - crisp and tasty without flourishes, what you look for in these wines. Drank over several days, and the last glass was the best - the characteristically tightly-wound Muscadet exterior relaxing to show its surprising depth and complexity as it approaches maturity. The potential for development of these wines, and their longevity, never ceases to catch my attention, whatever the headline conditions of the vintage are. (1773 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 8/15/2018 & rated 93 points: Even better than the awesome bottle I had last year. This bottle seemed so fresh and alive with lots of time ahead. Medium yellow color. Nose shows sea salt, chalk dust, oyster brine, along with honey, candle wax, lemon curd, lime peel, apricot. Precise, racy, energetic on the palate but the textural depth is so awesome. Balanced wonderfully. Lemon curd, green apple and apricot provide the base for the complex elements of oyster shell, crushed limestone and chalk, dusty minerals, salted almond. Gorgeous stuff. Paired nicely with a simple shrimp and veggie pasta. (1710 views) | | | Tasted by jlm on 7/18/2018 flawed bottle: Corked. (1453 views) | | | Tasted by Bob H on 3/17/2018: Yellow-gold in the glass; ripe apple on the nose.
Tasty for lack of a better word. Still nice acidity. Not sure I like it any more than I did on release, but this is still very good. (1914 views) | | | Tasted by mjf@ulkner on 12/31/2017 & rated 93 points: From magnum. Light yellow. Bright lemon, some chalk- there is almost a saline quality to this that pairs so perfectly with fresh raw oysters. One of the best values in the world of wine. (1870 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 7/23/2017 & rated 92 points: On a blazing hot summer day, this was absolutely perfect. 2009 is unique in a richer, waxier way, but I found this wine still showed plenty of ripping acidity, brisk mineral and oceanic elements, and lots of tangy fruit. Nose of saline, lime zest, lemon curd, oyster shell. Palate shows this wonderfully rich textural element that plays off this racy acidity, result is great balance and depth even though this is a light/medium-bodied wine. Apricot, orange, lime zest, rocking with these oyster, chalky, sea salty notes, some nougat and honeycomb elements as well. I think I'll hold on to my last bottle for a year or two, but I don't think 2009 is typical in its long-aging potential, but who knows. All I know is this is continually the most dynamic $20 I spend on a bottle of wine. (2540 views) | | | Tasted by dsamuel on 4/7/2017 & rated 92 points: Very light gold/lemon in color - crystal clear. Moderate aromas of lemon/citrus but dominated by an intense minerality/wet stones, beautifully perfumed. Full on the palate, with citrus/ unripe peach with great salinity. Fantastic minerality again with medium(+) acidity. One of the best $15 bottles of wine Ive ever had the pleasure of drinking!! (2937 views) | | | Tasted by sawira on 4/4/2017 & rated 91 points: Clean, light, blazing acidity, great definition and cut, beautiful sea breeze. Classic. No change from 2015 note. Could be right at it's apogee, not sure. (2968 views) | | | Tasted by JOsgood on 9/4/2016: Nicely aged. Delicious and refreshing from magnum. (4051 views) | | | Tasted by jmht on 8/6/2016 & rated 89 points: Consumed over two nights. Overall, a light and elegant wine. Sea salt, minerals, lemon zest... I can't quite decide if the acidity is correct... at moments it seems slightly flabby, but then at others, the lemon acidity seems to zing! Drink now. (4100 views) | | | Tasted by cos82 on 6/12/2016 & rated 90 points: Very pale in color almost like water. Smells of minerals and the sea. Light, balanced and beautiful palate of minerals, sea water and lemon. Drinking very well with time to go. (3986 views) | | | Tasted by MRichman on 4/1/2016: Great match with our oysters at Hog Island. (3676 views) | | | Tasted by fitzi on 11/23/2015: Drank this bottle over two days. Moving past its slightly shut-down phase and into young maturity, where acidity is well-integrated with general body, minerality, and iodine flavors, but depth and pungency aren't yet fully on display. The texture is smooth, seamless, and pleasing. A fine wine which may show more overt complexity in another year or three, but is a pleasure to drink now with a good meal. (3994 views) | | | Tasted by greenblanket on 10/29/2015 flawed bottle: Corked. (3324 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| Domaine de la Pépière Producer website2009 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie Vieilles Vignes Clos des Briords12% alcohol. Imported by Louis-Dressner Selections. Natural cork.Melon de BourgogneMelon de Bourgogne or Melon is a variety of white grape grown primarily in the Loire Valley region of France. It is also grown in North America. It is best known through its use in the white wine Muscadet.
In the U.S., Federal law prevents "Muscadet" from being used for American-produced wine; only the full name of the grape, or the shortened "Melon" can be used.
Source: WikipediaVieilles Vignes Old Vine/Vieilles Vignes (Wikipedia)Clos des Briords On weinlagen-infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comLoire Valley Vins du Val de Loire (Interprofession des Vins du Val de Loire)
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2016 vintage:
"Quality and concentration is good, with Chenin Blanc being particularly noteworthy in 2016 while Sancerre is thought to be the best of the Sauvignon Blanc appellations. Cabernet Franc is 'delicious, ripe and fruity' according to Loire courtier Chris Hardy." - Jancis Roninson
2017 vintage reports:
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"2018 wines will not be typical of the Loire rather they will have the characteristics of wines from much further south" - Philippe Gilbert
2019 vintage:
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"the warm 2019 vintage is characterised by a surprising freshness" - Jim Budd
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