2011 André-Michel Brégeon Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Gorges

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  2/13/2021 - terry j Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The first night I drank this wine, bright, crisp, tangy apple aromas jumped out of the glass. On subsequent nights, the aromas seem more muted. Well, that's easy to fix: enjoy it with friends all in one night. This will last a looong time in your cellar, and might even improve some with a bit more age (noting that it's already 9 years from harvest as I drink it!).
  
  The palate is broad and tangy, with that flinty minerality I like from Muscadet S&M, but also a very rich fruit flavor with some acidity, certainly following through on the apple-like aromas.
  
  The wine notes from vendor Kermit Lynch were interesting, but to avoid any risk of a copyright violation I'll paraphrase.
  
  They can't actually call it a "sur lie" because it's rested TOO LONG on its lees ... more than the maximum 1 year. In fact, 40 months! (French wine laws don't always make great sense.) "..grown in the gabbro soil of Gorges ...Gabbro is an igneous rock most often found in the earth’s crust beneath the ocean". You can decide if you agree with the vendor that this is the best terroir in Muscadet Sèvre et Maine.

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