Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Gorges

In the glass

Aroma: wet stone, lemon zest, white flower, fine spice

Palate: citrus, saline texture, stony minerality, tension

Cru Communal Muscadet from gabbro, the decomposed blue-green igneous rock unique to Gorges. 70-year-old vines and long lees ageing produce incredible texture and tension.

What it pairs with

• Plateau de fruits de mer
  Full saline texture handles oysters, langoustines, whelks and crab in a single sip.
• Lobster thermidor
  Creamy gratin shellfish demands the wine's structure, tension and chalky finish.
• Aged Comté (30+ months)
  Hazelnut crystallisation in mature Comté finds the wine's textural tension and fine spice.
• Smoked salmon blinis
  Smoke and chalky lift meet smoked fish; the cuvée's stony minerality lifts cream cheese.

History

Michel Brégeon worked for his family's domaine for seven years before going independent in 1975. Brégeon retired after the 2010 vintage; Fred Lailler now leads the domaine and continues the long-lees ageing tradition.

1. 1975: Michel Brégeon establishes his independent domaine
2. 2010: Michel Brégeon retires; Fred Lailler assumes leadership
3. 2011: Gorges recognised as a Cru Communal of Muscadet Sèvre et Maine

Facts

Producer

Domaine Michel Brégeon · visiting guide

Grapes

Melon de Bourgogne (100%)

Classification

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOC (Gorges Cru Communal)

Oak

Vinified and aged on lees in underground glass-lined vats for around 36 months, no oak

ABV

12.5%

Price

EUR 25 to 40 at retail

Drinking window

3-20 from vintage

First vintage

2005

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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