The ripeness of the vintage hardly shows in the fruit profile, which is classically citrus and green apple which a touch of orange blossom, but rather in the roundness on the palate and in the relatively low acidity for a Muscadet, with an odd almost sucrosite note. Almost a chewy texture, dense with minerals, with a leesy finish. Richer than Briords but not necessarily better for it, at least at this stage. Feels like it still needs to integrate. We'll see where it goes.
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Fruity, mineral, floral, this has it all. Rich palate with a bit of texture, this has loads of savory pear, grapefruit, floral herbs, a little bit of chablis-like chalky minerality, this is great. Drinking in a really fresh spot right now, opens up and softens a bit over the course of several days. Wish I had more.
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A pale straw colour. The nose shows grapefruit and is mineral and floral. There is also minerality on the palate that is well balanced with lively acidity. Lovely.
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This pours light straw in the glass. The nose is immediately expressive, complex, and classical. Just wonderful stuff. Aromas are of oyster liquor, a touch of struck match, chalk, sandy beach, grapefruit, and bay leaf herbal elements. The palate totally delivers on the nose entering with pure pear and grapefruit, turning to medium plus acid and a lovely chalky mineral laden finish. This is just spectacular stuff and nicely balances significant fruit richness, presumably from the warm vintage, against sharp acidity and wonderful minerality. This is perhaps the best Muscadet I can recall having including many vintages of Pepiere's Briords and (my personal favorite) l'ecu. Just an astonishingly good value at $32.75 CAD, ad one I'm happy to have more of in the cellar.
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Stupendous Muscadet here, Pepiere's cru communaux bottlings are worth chasing. Aromas of apple, lemon, underripe pineapple, lettuce, lanolin, petrichor, subtle flowers and bitter herbs.... This is about as rich and ripe and textural as Muscadet gets, there's beautiful silkiness, clear stony and salty notes, and bouncy acids, as well as rather juicy fruit. The finish tingles and shimmers, so many salty and mineral nuances emerge as fresh fruit subsides. This is great stuff, and should be worth following at least 5 more years, if not 10 or 20.
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With time in the glass this delivers a superb combination of smoky acidity, deep fruit, and length on the palate. Fresh combination of citrus infused orchard fruit. Bigger wine than typical gor Muscadet. Great stuff! 93-94
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Drank with our Seder this week. I've had this wine recently and enjoyed it just equally as much this time as last. Pale in color is very pale, witha lovely nose exuding aromas of white peaches, melon & lemons. Medium body--much bigger bodied than the usual Muscadet, likely due to this being a Cru-level wine), some creaminess and a bit oily. To me, the overriding characteristic of this wine was it's minerality, along with its lovely fruit aromas and notes. NOT your typical Muscadet. Lovely wine overall, and one I'll gladly taste again.
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Tasted after 40 minutes of air. Pale straw color. Racy lime fruit. Saline. A lean style of wine which I love. There is a freshness here and extreme cut. The fruit just hangs on the palate. Unusual for a white wine. The fruit expands and lifts on the mid palate. This wine is very interesting. The richness of fruit that you would expect with a big butter bomb but the winemaker manages to get the same intensity of fruit with a leaner style white. Kudos.
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My 60th (Abbot Street, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand): Intense fresh fennel and oyster shell notes illuminate a mineral and slightly herbal bouquet and palate profile. In the mouth, the oyster and fennel notes continue but are enriched considerably by the broadening effect of the sur lie treatment. Just a baby, and a fabulous, distinctive wine that will no doubt age and transform into something quite special in time. 91+
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From the first pour, the nose is pristine and aromatic with all sorts of bits of saline, white fruits, acacia flowers, briny notes, green apples, pears, flinty notes, white flowers, some bits of dough, salty tones, and some lemon zest. This is a nose that makes you feel like you are hanging out at the ocean on a warm day in May. The Medium bodied feel is deft and balanced with racy, high acidity. There is great length on the finish with the acidity having some lovely cut and persistence. Pepiere Clisson is always a winner and this is no different! There is so much to love here as it brings all of the hallmarks of great Muscadet in spades!
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This wine has my vote for the greatest value in outstanding French white wine. After a memorable introduction to this wine at NYC's The Modern, this bottle, less than a week later totally lived up to expectations. The textural interest of the wine is off the charts and the lees and oak nuance adds so much depth. Impeccable balance suggests a wine that will age, although John Gillman's suggestion of drinking until 2050 feels a long way away! Nothing like what I was expecting - a wine that will foot it with white burgundies 5 - 10 times the price.
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Beautiful expression of Muscadet! Lots of ripe lemons and green pears/apples with a solid backbone of ocean spray. The lees aging presents itself, but more as raw dough rather than biscuits or bread. The lees really shine on the palate and adds significant presence and weight. Highly recommend!
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Lemon and lime on nose and palate, with a slightly riper, almost fatter feel to it than usual, but with the usual crisp finish, so nothing OTT for me. I really enjoyed it but I'm not sure that it's better, for now at least, than the Briords.
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My contribution to our Xtremo blind tasting Tuesday nite. Color is very pale, straw-like, almost clear. Reticent nose at first, tho became quite generous over time in the glass, exuding aromas of white peaches, melon & lemons. Medium body--much bigger bodied than the usual Muscadet, likely due to this being a Cru-level wine), some creaminess and, as per some of my fellow tasters, a bit oily and unctuous. To me, the overriding characteristic of this wine was it's minerality, along with its lovely fruit aromas and notes. None of the tasters correctly ID'd this wine, with most thinking it to be a white Burg or Chablis. Clearly, this is NOT your typical Muscadet. Lovely wine overall, and one I'll gladly taste again.
Been dying to try a cru Muscadet and finally got my hands on this. Very pale straw, crystal clear. Lots of fruit on the nose with cantaloupe, white peach, tangerine, gummy bears, yellow flowers and rubber. This is soft and creamy on the palate with white peach, melon, lychee, and yellow flowers coming through. Acidity on the backend is fairly well integrated, making the mouth water, but not standing out in any noticeable way. Not too much tension or austerity. I feel like I was expecting this to be more crisp given the normal seafood pairing suggestions, but not disappointed. Nice weight to it, while still remaining light. Definitely get the chablis comparisons but with a more tropical fruit vibe.
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So good in 19. Weight and density of Grand cru Chablis. Clean. Peachy-lemon Cream/bready. A sweet note on mid/finish. Pure. Minerals. Nice Acid. Decanted 1 hour. Pepiere- so consistent, wines of character and soul for ~$25. Uncanny.
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The wine looks straw colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like bready, baker's yeast and butterscotch. Developes towards sea-aromas. It tastes unexpectedly sweet. Chocolatey notes. Fresh. The body is light/medium. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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Full disclosure: I drank leftovers that were highly aerated. Feel free to decant if drinking soon, as this is locked up tight for now. Feels a bit chunky for a Clisson, but it’s great how irrepressible the minerality is here as it’s like a fizzy tidepool of salty crushed shell goodness. Even if it grows in decomposed white granite. Gets a bit pastis on the finish.
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4/30/2024 - CMN wrote: 87 Points
Possibly an off bottle, I found this disappointing with notes of citrus and minerality but quite unexciting to drink.
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11/5/2023 - coremill wrote: 89 Points
The ripeness of the vintage hardly shows in the fruit profile, which is classically citrus and green apple which a touch of orange blossom, but rather in the roundness on the palate and in the relatively low acidity for a Muscadet, with an odd almost sucrosite note. Almost a chewy texture, dense with minerals, with a leesy finish. Richer than Briords but not necessarily better for it, at least at this stage. Feels like it still needs to integrate. We'll see where it goes.
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8/6/2023 - Brutnature1999 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank this with some friends. Really mineral with loads of lemon/lime, chalk, and a creamy texture. Some bang up cru muscadet.
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7/3/2023 - beegnat Likes this wine:
Fruity, mineral, floral, this has it all. Rich palate with a bit of texture, this has loads of savory pear, grapefruit, floral herbs, a little bit of chablis-like chalky minerality, this is great. Drinking in a really fresh spot right now, opens up and softens a bit over the course of several days. Wish I had more.
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6/23/2023 - cliftonng Likes this wine:
A pale straw colour. The nose shows grapefruit and is mineral and floral. There is also minerality on the palate that is well balanced with lively acidity. Lovely.
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6/14/2023 - North Willis Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautifully chiseled, with quince, honey, and burnished, ripe fruits playing against warm paprika and spice notes. Cru Muscadet at its finest.
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6/9/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote: 94 Points
This pours light straw in the glass. The nose is immediately expressive, complex, and classical. Just wonderful stuff. Aromas are of oyster liquor, a touch of struck match, chalk, sandy beach, grapefruit, and bay leaf herbal elements. The palate totally delivers on the nose entering with pure pear and grapefruit, turning to medium plus acid and a lovely chalky mineral laden finish. This is just spectacular stuff and nicely balances significant fruit richness, presumably from the warm vintage, against sharp acidity and wonderful minerality. This is perhaps the best Muscadet I can recall having including many vintages of Pepiere's Briords and (my personal favorite) l'ecu. Just an astonishingly good value at $32.75 CAD, ad one I'm happy to have more of in the cellar.
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4/29/2023 - viniferatu Likes this wine:
Stupendous Muscadet here, Pepiere's cru communaux bottlings are worth chasing. Aromas of apple, lemon, underripe pineapple, lettuce, lanolin, petrichor, subtle flowers and bitter herbs.... This is about as rich and ripe and textural as Muscadet gets, there's beautiful silkiness, clear stony and salty notes, and bouncy acids, as well as rather juicy fruit. The finish tingles and shimmers, so many salty and mineral nuances emerge as fresh fruit subsides. This is great stuff, and should be worth following at least 5 more years, if not 10 or 20.
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4/12/2023 - aChave Likes this wine: 93 Points
With time in the glass this delivers a superb combination of smoky acidity, deep fruit, and length on the palate. Fresh combination of citrus infused orchard fruit. Bigger wine than typical gor Muscadet. Great stuff! 93-94
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4/7/2023 - cephomer Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drank with our Seder this week. I've had this wine recently and enjoyed it just equally as much this time as last. Pale in color is very pale, witha lovely nose exuding aromas of white peaches, melon & lemons. Medium body--much bigger bodied than the usual Muscadet, likely due to this being a Cru-level wine), some creaminess and a bit oily. To me, the overriding characteristic of this wine was it's minerality, along with its lovely fruit aromas and notes. NOT your typical Muscadet. Lovely wine overall, and one I'll gladly taste again.
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4/5/2023 - Brian Glas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Tasted after 40 minutes of air. Pale straw color. Racy lime fruit. Saline. A lean style of wine which I love. There is a freshness here and extreme cut. The fruit just hangs on the palate. Unusual for a white wine. The fruit expands and lifts on the mid palate. This wine is very interesting. The richness of fruit that you would expect with a big butter bomb but the winemaker manages to get the same intensity of fruit with a leaner style white. Kudos.
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3/27/2023 - Marc wrote: 91 Points
My 60th (Abbot Street, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand): Intense fresh fennel and oyster shell notes illuminate a mineral and slightly herbal bouquet and palate profile. In the mouth, the oyster and fennel notes continue but are enriched considerably by the broadening effect of the sur lie treatment. Just a baby, and a fabulous, distinctive wine that will no doubt age and transform into something quite special in time. 91+
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3/22/2023 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points
From the first pour, the nose is pristine and aromatic with all sorts of bits of saline, white fruits, acacia flowers, briny notes, green apples, pears, flinty notes, white flowers, some bits of dough, salty tones, and some lemon zest. This is a nose that makes you feel like you are hanging out at the ocean on a warm day in May. The Medium bodied feel is deft and balanced with racy, high acidity. There is great length on the finish with the acidity having some lovely cut and persistence. Pepiere Clisson is always a winner and this is no different! There is so much to love here as it brings all of the hallmarks of great Muscadet in spades!
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3/5/2023 - Marc wrote: 93 Points
This wine has my vote for the greatest value in outstanding French white wine. After a memorable introduction to this wine at NYC's The Modern, this bottle, less than a week later totally lived up to expectations. The textural interest of the wine is off the charts and the lees and oak nuance adds so much depth. Impeccable balance suggests a wine that will age, although John Gillman's suggestion of drinking until 2050 feels a long way away! Nothing like what I was expecting - a wine that will foot it with white burgundies 5 - 10 times the price.
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2/21/2023 - pinotplayer Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful expression of Muscadet! Lots of ripe lemons and green pears/apples with a solid backbone of ocean spray. The lees aging presents itself, but more as raw dough rather than biscuits or bread. The lees really shine on the palate and adds significant presence and weight. Highly recommend!
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12/24/2022 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lemon and lime on nose and palate, with a slightly riper, almost fatter feel to it than usual, but with the usual crisp finish, so nothing OTT for me. I really enjoyed it but I'm not sure that it's better, for now at least, than the Briords.
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12/22/2022 - cephomer Likes this wine: 91 Points
My contribution to our Xtremo blind tasting Tuesday nite. Color is very pale, straw-like, almost clear. Reticent nose at first, tho became quite generous over time in the glass, exuding aromas of white peaches, melon & lemons. Medium body--much bigger bodied than the usual Muscadet, likely due to this being a Cru-level wine), some creaminess and, as per some of my fellow tasters, a bit oily and unctuous. To me, the overriding characteristic of this wine was it's minerality, along with its lovely fruit aromas and notes. None of the tasters correctly ID'd this wine, with most thinking it to be a white Burg or Chablis. Clearly, this is NOT your typical Muscadet. Lovely wine overall, and one I'll gladly taste again.
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10/16/2022 - oxidatif wrote:
MuscaDay tasting. Really nice, but a bit too much alcohol throws this out of balance. Keen to see how this ages but right now it's merely very good.
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9/24/2022 - IDKDavid Likes this wine: 91 Points
Been dying to try a cru Muscadet and finally got my hands on this. Very pale straw, crystal clear. Lots of fruit on the nose with cantaloupe, white peach, tangerine, gummy bears, yellow flowers and rubber. This is soft and creamy on the palate with white peach, melon, lychee, and yellow flowers coming through. Acidity on the backend is fairly well integrated, making the mouth water, but not standing out in any noticeable way. Not too much tension or austerity. I feel like I was expecting this to be more crisp given the normal seafood pairing suggestions, but not disappointed. Nice weight to it, while still remaining light. Definitely get the chablis comparisons but with a more tropical fruit vibe.
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9/10/2022 - decaturwinedude wrote: 91 Points
So good in 19. Weight and density of Grand cru Chablis. Clean. Peachy-lemon Cream/bready. A sweet note on mid/finish. Pure. Minerals. Nice Acid. Decanted 1 hour. Pepiere- so consistent, wines of character and soul for ~$25. Uncanny.
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9/4/2022 - kaytor Likes this wine: 90 Points
Ripe fruits notes of melon and peach along side huge minerality and leesy notes.
Very dense body and great length on the finish.
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7/30/2022 - Stian Thorgaard Likes this wine:
The wine looks straw colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like bready, baker's yeast and butterscotch. Developes towards sea-aromas. It tastes unexpectedly sweet. Chocolatey notes. Fresh. The body is light/medium. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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5/25/2022 - oropeza Likes this wine:
Lemon, loads of minerality and length for days on very good acidity. Delicious with either oysters or fried oyster mushrooms...
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4/28/2022 - Gargantua wrote:
Full disclosure: I drank leftovers that were highly aerated. Feel free to decant if drinking soon, as this is locked up tight for now. Feels a bit chunky for a Clisson, but it’s great how irrepressible the minerality is here as it’s like a fizzy tidepool of salty crushed shell goodness. Even if it grows in decomposed white granite. Gets a bit pastis on the finish.
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