WTN: Muscadet

With temperatures having risen nearly 20 centigrade, all the way to -3 C, it was time to open a crisp, summer white while sunbathing...

Serge Batard Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie "Les Moineries" 2007

14,85€; 12% abv. A single-vineyard Muscadet from over 70 yo vines.



The color seems strangely evolved (already a fairly deep gold), but the rest of the wine seems youthful. The scent is quite lovely and strongly mineral with much, bright citrus and seashell aromas. Very crisp with so much phenolic grip that it seems almost tannic! But then it finishes with a richness that I haven't seen in the other '07s. The ensuing battle of richness vs. crispness on the finish is an exciting spectacle - but the surprise winner is not the richness nor the crispness but the steely purity. I loved it.

I thought that Serge Batard equals Dom. Les Hautes Noëlles, but I see no mention of HN on the label. How is this wine connected to that?

Still too bl.... cold up here for Musky! Nice note though Otto.

http://www.vigneron-serge-batard.com/

I thought that Serge Batard equals Dom. Les Hautes Noëlles, but I see no mention of HN on the label. How is this wine connected to that?

It is one of his wines, shown on his website, http://www.vigneron-serge-batard.com/. It seems he does not use "Les Hautes Noëlles" for all his wines.