Community Tasting Notes 38

• coremill wrote: 88 points

  May 6, 2023 - This is a famous wine in certain circles, reputedly the best Muscadet of its era, but I think its time has come and gone. I had a bottle a few years ago from a different source that was advanced, but this one seems correct. It's all honeyed lemon and woolly earth, almost Chenin-like but without Chenin's body, getting soft in the midpalte, just a bit washed out/dilute but good length. Better with food and has held up well but not really remarkable.

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• SH Wu wrote: 87 points

  February 3, 2023 - Fresh, oily citrus acidity and intense minerality. Crushed seaside rocks round out a short finish.
  
  I was served this one day after opening (apparently a sommelier recommendation) - its a pretty wine, though I wonder how different it was on day 1.

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• blanquito wrote:

  December 9, 2017 - Right-Bank Classicals (Dobbs Ferry, Dale's House): Everyone loved this and I was no exception. Quite smooth and wonderfully integrated with good brightness. I like Dale's descriptors: "wet rocks topped with lemon zest and oystershell". I don't have any experience with mature Muscadet, but this seemed young to me, so fresh. A-

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• LW31 Likes this wine: 88 points

  July 25, 2016 - Charming because of age and quality but not exciting. Despite my love of great muscadet, I think this a great example of how these wines should be drunk somewhere between 7-20 years of age. This is just a bit faded and without any intensity. Still, it is a good wine and proves these are worth one's serious attention.

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• salil wrote: 92 points

  May 27, 2016 - Really loved this. At first it seems very similar to the 2002 with a blast of bright Meyer lemon fruit over a base of crushed stone with faint yeasty accents on the nose, but a little air really brings out the complexity here. The fruit feels richer with a sense of sweetness on the palate, and there's a savoury crackery, almost slightly smoky element that emerges on the nose with time. It still has amazing vibrancy and freshness on the palate, and while it's drinking superbly now I imagine this could hold for a while longer.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1989
• Type White
• Producer Domaine Luneau-Papin
• Varietal Melon de Bourgogne
• Designation "L" d’Or
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Pays Nantais
• Appellation Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie

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• Consumed 94 (58%)

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