Domaine de la Pépière 2025 Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Briords

Notes from the importer, Andrew Guard...
First produced in 1988, this great Muscadet is made from a three hectare parcel of old massale-selection vines (all over 60 years old, with a high percentage much older) on a slope above the Maine. The bedrock is Granite de Château Thébaud, a fissured rock that allows the vines to penetrate deeply, with ideal thin topsoils of clay, with sand and gravel allowing good drainage. Indeed, the Briords shows aromas that are a bit riper than usual - very elegant pear, stone, almond and citrus. The palate shows a bit less weight than the previous vintage, but still has a beautiful core of minerals and firm acidity below subtle pear, apple, lemon, stone and earth flavours, with a bright, scintillating finish.