WTN: Brunel and Bossard

1999 Les Cailloux (André Brunel) Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Southern Rhône) Rich sweet dark fruit, lavender, licorice, and some garrigue. Good hit of spice at the back end. It’s a pleasantly balanced wine and quite tasty.

2004 Domaine de l'Ecu (Guy Bossard) Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Expression de Granite (Loire) Cold, hard, saltwater drenched rock with a splash of lime. It’s right up there with Briords for my favorite of muscadets.

Thanks for notes on the Muscadet. Bill, we should have a T shirt made up!!

"Muscadet Rocks".

Where would we fit in the rubber duckies?!!

Bob P

The ducks would go on the sleeve, Bob. Just bought some more muscadet today!

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2004 Domaine de l'Ecu (Guy Bossard) Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Expression de Granite (Loire) Cold, hard, saltwater drenched rock with a splash of lime. It’s right up there with Briords for my favorite of muscadets.

The Granite is so much rockier than the Gneiss. But both are nice.

I had the regular 04 Bossard Muscadet the other week, and it was very very fun and expressive itself.

I had the regular 04 Bossard Muscadet the other week, and it was very very fun and expressive itself.

Was this the "Cuvee Classique", Rahsaan? The '05 CC recently landed here and I grabbed the lone bottle left on the shelf at a local shop. I havent tried a regular Bossard so I'm anxious to give this a go.

The Granite is so much rockier than the Gneiss. But both are nice.

Where does the Orthogneiss stand in your rockability scale Rahsaan?

-O-

I had the regular 04 Bossard Muscadet the other week, and it was very very fun and expressive itself.

Was this the "Cuvee Classique", Rahsaan? The '05 CC recently landed here and I grabbed the lone bottle left on the shelf at a local shop. I havent tried a regular Bossard so I'm anxious to give this a go.

The 04 didn't actually say Cuvee Classique on the bottle (375), but it looks the same as the 05 Cuvee Classique that was sitting next to it. So I think it was the same basic one.

Should be fun.

The Granite is so much rockier than the Gneiss. But both are nice.

Where does the Orthogneiss stand in your rockability scale Rahsaan?

-O-

Can't recall tasting it, or at least can't recall where it might stand in such a scale.

How about for you?

Can't recall tasting it, or at least can't recall where it might stand in such a scale.

How about for you?

I can't really comment either because the only one I've had was from the odd year of 2003. I do remember I liked it, but was hoping to gain knowledge of its rockability from others.

For me, the rockability scale begins at Gneiss, increases at Orthogneiss and peaks at Granite.

For years Bossard released a Muscadet labeled 'hermine d'Or" which was the basic one that we imported...it was always pure Gneiss, and was priced well below the Orthogneiss and Granite.