Luneau Papin
2018 Excelsior
Region: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire Valley
Appellation: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP Goulaine Cru
Varietal/Blend: 100% Melon de Bourgogne
ABV: 13.0%
Vineyard & Vine Age: Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.
Cellar: Excelsior 2018 is gently pressed pneumatically, then ferments spontaneously with natural yeasts at 20ºC in underground glass-lined vats. It ages on lees in these vats for 20 to 36 months until bottling.
CSPC: 865323
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What the Critics are saying: []

Region: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire Valley
Appellation: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP Goulaine Cru

TECHNICAL INFO
Varietal/Blend: 100% Melon de Bourgogne
ABV: 13.0%
Vineyard: The 2018 Excelsior hails from 1936-planted, massale-selected vines in La Chapelle-Heulin’s schist and micaschist soils. This biodynamically farmed Goulaine Cru vineyard yields grapes from 6,500 vines per hectare, hand harvested with care for exceptional purity.
Cellar: Excelsior 2018 is gently pressed pneumatically, then ferments spontaneously with natural yeasts at 20ºC in underground glass-lined vats. It ages on lees in these vats for 20 to 36 months until bottling.
CSPC: 865323
Winemakers Note: []
What the Critics are saying: []
Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South
T: 403-971-1898
E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca
Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North
T: 780-203-5284
E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca
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TECHNICAL INFO
Country: France
Region: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire Valley
Appellation: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP Goulaine Cru
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Varietal/Blend: 100% Melon de Bourgogne
Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.
Ageing:
Vineyard & Vine Age: Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.
ABV: 13.0%
Produced Cases: 50
CSPC: 865323
Calgary + Alberta South
Andrew Stewart
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
Edmonton + Alberta North
Joe Gurba
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South
Kerrie Gavin
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca