2022 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet Sevre et Maine "Clisson", Loire Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Pepiere's Clisson is the "Rolls Royce of Muscadets," and it's also this iconic estate's top bottling. One of the grandest, richest, and most complex expressions of Melon de Bourgogne on the planet, it's a real treat. The Clisson bottling comes from a 50 100 year old section of vines in Pepire's core vineyard near the winery in the cru of Clisson. Besides vine age, the distinguishing factor is the granite de Clisson, a very hard,

Serve well chilled to highlight the wine’s vibrant fruit and elegant effervescence

100% destemming

depending on the character and style of the vintage

Foreys version of this appellation is particularly sturdy

the resulting blend is then placed back in cement tanks before being bottled 12 months later

But we sure are glad to know now

In keeping with the family's decades of winemaking endeavor

Under the artisan-ship of winemaker Megan Gunderson

stirred periodically

and they apply those ideals of balance

the vineyards now extend over 60 hectares on a terroir where the typical characteristics of each grape variety express themselves very distinctly and give the wine superb ageing potential

innovation