Domaine de L'Ecu - Granite 2024
91/100 Coup de Cœur
RVF
"A must-visit in the Nantes wine region!"
A true flagship wine from Domaine de l'Écu, Granite 2024 captivates with its vibrant nose of gunflint, flint, citrus, and briny notes. The palate—crystal-clear, full-bodied, and remarkably pure—reveals beautiful complexity before lingering into a long, intense, and decidedly mineral finish.
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Eye
White Gold Dress
Nose
Elegant, with pronounced mineral notes of gunflint and flint, citrus, and salty notes
Palate
Crystal-clear and pure, elegant, full-bodied, and complex, blending mineral and citrus notes, with a beautiful finish and a lingering hint of the sea
Serve
At 10-11°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink before
2035
Guard
Best enjoyed over the next 10 years
Food and Wine Pairings
Enjoy it with langoustine tartare, white fish sushi and sashimi, line-caught sea bass with oyster sauce and seaweed butter, scallop carpaccio, and rosemary-grilled rabbit legs…
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated 3*Stars (A high-quality product that serves as a benchmark in its sector)
About the estate:
Frédéric Niger Van Herck, driven by a passion for wine, continues to practice biodynamic viticulture on his 21 hectares. He masterfully crafts terroir-driven wines, named according to the type of soil on which they are grown. Whether “expression-de-gneiss,” “expression-d’orthogneiss,” or “expression-de-granite,” these cuvées perfectly capture the natural character and elegant minerality of their terroir. The grand cuvées absolutely must age in the cellar. The reds are more subdued.
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 rated (2026 guide) 91/100 Favorite (2023 vintage)
Rated estate (2026 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or high-quality winemakers producing wines of a good standard—you won’t be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
About the estate:
Frédéric Niger arrived at the estate in 2009 and benefited from the invaluable expertise of the iconic winemaker Guy Bossard, the former owner, until 2013. Since then, Frédéric has continued the vineyard’s organic (since 1975) and biodynamic (certified in 1998) practices and is committed to winemaking that is as natural as possible. The vibrant fruit and genuine aromatic openness of his unpretentious wines are a testament to this approach. Beyond the delightful Muscadet wines—Classic, Granite, Orthogneiss, and Taurus—the daring winemaker experiments with twenty-eight cuvées aged in amphorae and/or large oak casks, as well as concrete tanks. These wines, brimming with vitality, take us outside our comfort zone. Following an issue with the Muscadet appellation certification, the wines are now labeled as “Vin de France.”
Wine Enthusiast
Estate rated "Recommended" (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
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