2018 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie Vieilles Vignes Briords

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  12/11/2023 - winemaker Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This has rounded out a bit since I last had it.

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  9/11/2023 - talbot61 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I guess I'm not the only person around here to point out that, for less than $20 a bottle, this is a killer wine. Very light color, moderate acidity, medium weight, and a lot of savory, herbal, saline complexity, with no fruit, no sweetness, no oxidation. I don't see any reason to keep it longer.

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  7/15/2023 - wayfarer Likes this wine: 91 Points

  A little over one year since last bottle. A bit deeper yellow in glass I'd say. To jump ahead this improved over 2 hours with air. Did not serve overly cold, so it was not a temp thing. Lovely mix of lemon/citrus, light melon, floral, distant mineral. A bit softer Briords, but with a subtle richness that is beguiling, evidenced in the diverse array of fruit notes that show along with good length and balance. Served before, with and after grilled swordfish kabobs, corn, dill pickled cucumbers. Yes, subtlety in wine was best shown on its own, though it was fine with the fare.

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  5/23/2023 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This pour is 64° F (18° C), according to the probe in the drinking cup. Serving temperature makes a HUGE difference with this wine. Below 55F/13C it gets blowzy and dull almost to the point of vacancy. It's been a head-scratcher for years, but there it is.
  
  . The pour produces a sweep of gassy pinholes. Compared to my last note, I see marginal chromatic gain of canary yellow. Also there is an easing aromatic move in the direction of rigid coherence. Now, the floral expression is ensconced in brittle salt. Fluid, pressurized, pulses of savory fruit raise demand for a taste.
  . "Hallellujah." It's like a high-lonesome fictional cousin of Raveneau, seasoned in the wind, jointed with appetizing bitter structure. Pretty, wilting lobes of yellow flesh, bandaged in silt, carry the action. The aromas return improbable and fleeting glances, of strawberry, key lime pudding, and charred fig.
  . 2nd pour comes out of the fridge at 59° F. This works, too. In this condition, the mineral sensation is more assertive and arid—like a grippy seizure of aerosol dust. This has the effect of marking the borders of the delirious, marquee, botanical event—amplifying it by contrast. Bruised green melon. Violets. Cherry blossom and leaf. Green tobacco.
  . Texture and acidity strike a bold equilibrium. Neither dominates. Both are easy to fix on. They embrace through the long action on the finish, which appears as a fresh, clastic rinse.
  I can see this improving still. 92+, drink again in a year or so.

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  8/5/2022 - winemaker Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Solid. Nothing special. A teeny bit of bitter on the finish.

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