This cuvée is crafted with particular care and aged for 24 months on its lees in tanks and oak barrels. It offers an elegant and complex nose blending citrus, white flowers, dried fruits, and toasty notes. The palate is rich and opulent, balanced by a lively, mineral acidity. Notes of orchard fruits, rhubarb, and licorice enhance the wine’s long finish. A rare cuvée that showcases the Melon de Bourgogne grape to perfection!
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Eye
Soft Wheat-Colored Dress
Nose
Elegant, with pronounced mineral notes, citrus notes (lemon and grapefruit), delicate notes of white flowers, dried fruit, almond, and toasty notes
Palate
Rich and opulent, balanced and elegant with a subtle acidity. Beautiful complexity blending notes of orchard fruits, pear, apricot, rhubarb, and licorice. A long finish with hints of white pepper.
Serve
Decant at 11-12°C
Open
At least 2 hours in advance
Drink starting at
2020
Drink before
2028
Food and Wine Pairings
Enjoy it with langoustine tartare, scallop carpaccio, asparagus with mousseline sauce, sweetbreads, risotto with shrimp and aged Parmesan, or cheeses such as Pont-Lévêque, Livarot, Maroilles, Époisses, and Mont-d’Or.
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 wines perfectly express the natural character and elegant minerality of their terroir. The top vintages absolutely must be aged 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
Rated estate (2026 guide) 1*Star (Rising 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 joined the estate in 2009 and benefited from the invaluable expertise of the iconic winemaker Guy Bossard, the estate’s 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 expression of his unpretentious wines reflect this approach. Beyond the delightful Muscadet wines—Classic, Granite, Orthogneiss, and Taurus—this daring winemaker experiments with twenty-eight cuvées aged in amphorae and/or large oak casks and concrete tanks. These vibrant wines 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)
Customer Rating
4/5
based on 1 review
Review by Mr. LAURENT P. Published on March 21, 2020
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