2009 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Clisson

Community Tasting Notes (90) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  9/17/2023 - fitzi wrote:

  My last bottle. Typical of my recent notes - very good, in no way showing age.

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  8/19/2023 - coremill wrote: 89 Points

  Delicious but perhaps showing the vintage in that it's getting just a bit soft.

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  7/2/2023 - coremill wrote: flawed

  Clipped and short, not right.

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  6/29/2023 - fitzi wrote:

  Interesting experience with this bottle. Like the one I opened in May, it seemed a little deflated on opening. Perked up a bit with air, but seemed like a wine to enjoy for its aged refinement and texture more than its flavor. When I open a 750, I generally decant half into a clean 375 bottle and drink the whole thing over four nights. The last glass of this bottle, out of the 375 on night four, was qualitatively different from the first three, as the wine spread out over the palate with a peacock's tail of burnished, golden flavors. For some reason it made me think of Klimt's "The Kiss." I was so startled I didn't note down individual flavor components, but the overall impression was of a delicious, complex mouthful. I've suspected for a while that well-made Muscadet is a true vin de garde that reveals its potential only with patience, and this bottle would be exhibit a in making that case. Hard to have too much in storage.

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  5/21/2023 - fitzi wrote:

  Poured immediately after opening, the wine from this bottle played possum, presenting the lack of flavor of an oxidized, over-the-hill white. With half an hour in the glass, it revives, giving an open-knit, refined version of the Clisson, with ample tang and sea salt, minus the lemony veneer of this wine when it's younger. Personally, I like Muscadet best once it's reached this stage, when it's fully relaxed and transparent. I don't see much future for the 09, however, and will aim to drink the two remaining bottles this year.

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