Domaine Luneau-Papin "L D'Or" Muscadet Sèvre & Maine, 2012

Domaine Luneau-Papin "L D'Or" Muscadet Sèvre & Maine, 2012

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This wine is made of 100% Melon de Bourgogne. We'd pair this with a grilled whitefish of your choice and braised white beans with garlic and parsley. This wonderful library release comes from a single parcel of the same name. The Luneau family are pioneers in this regard and still amongst the only producers in Muscadet to bottle single vineyard expressions of their land. They've been doing it since the 80's! Grapes are pressed in a pneumatic press, strength and length of pressing is adapted to each vintage. Spontaneous fermentation using only natural yeasts. Fermentation and maturation on lees in underground glass lined vats for 9 to 12 months without racking until bottling.

  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Biodynamic
  • High Acid
  • Fruit Forward
  • Low Alcohol

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PAIRS well WITH

  • Fish
  • Shellfish
  • Grains & Pasta & Rice

Details

From the winery: SEASONALITY​

Traditional spring cultivation (decavaillonnage and hoeing) has been extended throughout the estate since 2009. We take care of the vines with natural preparations (no synthetic products) and sow a plant cover (legumes and cereals) listening to each plot at the end of summer. We stimulate soil life with horn dung; 500, in the spring by one or two passes and apply a 501 after the flower and before harvest if necessary.

Short size (guyot simple) during winter. Density per hectare 6,500 feet. Careful sorting is carried out in the vineyard by the harvesters.

WINEMAKING

Pressing of whole grapes in a pneumatic press, the duration and intensity of which varies depending on
the vintage. Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation using native yeasts. Aging in underground vats (concrete + glass paste tiles) + amphora (Italian terracotta) without racking
before bottling in summer 2023

TASTING

Serving temperature 12°
Pike with White Butter, Zander and Citrus Butter, Oysters in
Comté jelly matured for 18 months

PRESS

L d'Or , for its part, is expressed by a grain of great finesse and a comforting savory fullness, highlighting the umami flavor. A magnificent expression from granites. RVF Green Guide 2023 by Alexis Goujard

L d'Or is based on granite, as is proudly emblazoned on the modern label, pictured above-left. (The previous, old-fashioned label was retired with the 2011 vintage.) The vineyard is described as 'mother rock of granite and gneiss with two micas of the Armoricain Massif'. Married Chartier-Luneau, the estate's 'dynamic winemaker', explains that this cuvée was first born from experiments in the 1970s: 'over the course of several vintages, the granite plot coming out each time, [we] decided to isolate it at each harvest for the L d’Or’. (…)
Jancis Robinson by Richard Hemming January 2022

The L d'Or vintage , produced on granite terroirs, offers an iodized and saline dimension and recalls, as it ages, the structure of the great Alsatian Rieslings. His custody is assured.
Bettane & Desseauve Guide 2022 by Denis Hervier

CONDITIONING

Loire Sommelier Bottle of 750 Ml and 1,500 Ml
Box of 6 or 12 Bottles

CERTIFICATION

ECOCERT LABEL Organic farming
DEMETER LABEL Biodynamic farming

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