2005 André-Michel Brégeon Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 87.5 points

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  4/24/2017 - Paul S wrote: 90 Points

  Tons of character on this one. The nose had a nice perfume to it, with ripe pears, gooseberries, a hint of sweeter stone fruit and litter of flowers, all with a nice trail of stony minerality running alongside. A really pleasant nose. It was the palate that I really liked - round and full, with a creamy attack of stone fruit and ice-cream soda quickly leaning out into a lovely steely midpalate and with tons of saline minerality pulling away into a wonderfully defined, almost crystal-cut finish. Excellent stuff. Weight and flesh wed to firmness and precision in a nicely interesting package. Very interesting, and drinking well now. I can see this easily going a decade or more though.

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  7/9/2012 - Paul S wrote: 87 Points

  Dinner at Per Se (Per Se, NYC): Not great, but serviceable enough as an accompaniment to seafood. It had a rather subtle nose that showed a waft saline sea spray, wet stone aromas, some green pears and a tiny hint of white flowers. The palate was similarly quite tight and very neutral, with rivers of bright acidity running through understated flavours of lime, green pear and mineral, with another tiny hint of white flower at the edges. It was almost a bit too acidic on its own, but it did fare much better with food, acting like a chameleon-like foil for caviar and oysters. A very simple wine, but quite decent nonetheless.

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  7/30/2011 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points

  KOT Selections Tasting (TAB, Orchard Hotel): Lovely stuff - this was a top-notch Muscadet. I really liked the nose - this showed graceful white fruit flecked with chalk and seashelly mineral, a bit of spice, a touch of beeswax. Lovely stuff, rather neutral, yet with a bit of je ne sais quois which was beyond what most Muscadets would typically show on the bouquet. The palate was excellent too. Rich, creamy and layered from its time on lees, it showed breadfruit and white melons on the midpalate and a finish layered with salty, seashelly brine and solid granitic mineral notes. Nicely balanced, nicely fleshed out, yet well focused, defined and delineated. Brilliant stuff. My only issue was that this was a bit narrow on the flavour spectrum, but it should be fare much better as a foil for food. If paired correctly, say with shellfish, these top-end Muscadets tend to open up beautifully, fanning out with a peacock's tail of complementary flavours. At 6 years of age, this is at a good place right now.

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  8/20/2009 - Kirk Grant wrote: 85 Points

  A medium-light golden yellow in the glass with scents of minerals, citrus, and saline. In the mouth there was still some good acidity and hints of honey, minerals, and a tart citrus finish that left a slightly metallic tinge in the finish.

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  2/21/2009 - TonyH wrote: 87 Points

  bright and clean. crisp with a hint of mineral.

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