Domaine de L'Ecu - Granite 2023
91/100 Coup de Cœur
RVF
"The Granite 2023 melon, true to its bright sparkle and salty integrity. What a delight! La RVF"
Granite 2023 has an elegant nose with pronounced mineral notes, gunflint and flint, citrus, and salty notes. Crystal clear and pure, the palate is slender, rich, and complex, with great purity. Superb finish with great length.
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Eye
White gold dress
Nose
Elegant with pronounced mineral notes, gunflint and flint, citrus, salty notes
Mouth
Crystalline and pure, slender, rich and complex, blending mineral and citrus notes, with a beautiful finish and a lingering iodine flavor.
Serve
At 10-11°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink before
2034
Guard
To be drunk within 10 years
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with langoustine tartare, white fish sushi and sashimi, line-caught sea bass with oyster sauce and seaweed butter, scallop carpaccio, rosemary-grilled rabbit legs...
Bettane & Desseauve
3-star rating (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)
About the estate:
Frédéric Niger Van Herck, driven by a passion for wine, continues to pursue biodynamic farming on his 21 hectares. He brilliantly vinifies terroir wines, named after the type of soil on which they are produced. Whether expression-de-gneiss, expression-d'orthogneiss or expression-de-granite, these wines perfectly express the natural character and elegant minerality of their terroir. The great wines absolutely must be aged in the cellar. The reds are more reserved.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated estate (2024 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rating (2026 guide) 91/100 Favorite
Rated estate (2026 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing good-quality wines; you won't be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)
About wine:
The Granite 2023 melon, true to its bright color and salty flavor. What a delight!
About the estate:
Frédéric Niger arrived at the estate in 2009 and benefited from the invaluable knowledge of the iconic winemaker Guy Bossard, the former owner, until 2013. Since then, Frédéric has continued the organic (since 1975) and biodynamic (certified in 1998) cultivation of the vines and is committed to winemaking that is as natural as possible. The brightness of the fruit and the sincere aromatic openness of his unpretentious wines are evident. Beyond the delightful Classic, Granite, Orthogneiss, and Taurus Muscadets, the daring winemaker experiments with twenty-eight cuvées aged in amphorae and/or large oak casks and concrete vats. These wines, full of vitality, take us out of our comfort zone. Following a problem with the Muscadet appellation approval, the wines are now classified as Vin de France.
Wine Enthusiast
Rated Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
Customer rating
4/5
based on 1 review
Note and opinion by Mr. GUILLAUME J. Published on 06/29/2025
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