Luneau Papin

2022 Le Verger

The lieu dit Le Verger sits on a schist bedrock with vines of at least twenty-five years of age. The site produces a wine that eschews fruitiness, instead boasting a firm, saline minerality and a tall, open posture redolent of Caspar David Friedrich's 'Wanderer above the Sea of Fog'. Olivier Poussier said of Le Verger it "breathes shale both in its aromas and in its flavors" and Le Monde des vins wrote: "We fell in love with this devilishly stony wine. Moreover, the beautiful label figuring the original sin is timely: this wine is so pure that it seems to go back to the origins of the terroir. Be careful, do not expect a slew of fruit, we are on a rock overlooking the sea. The nose smells intensely of stone and oil, delivering a racy personality. The very iodized mouth crowns this idea of licking a pebble beach. A Muscadet dream."
France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan

Region:  Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP

Varietal/Blend:  100% Melon de Bourgogne

ABV:  12.5%

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

Cellar: Luneau Papin 2022 Le Verger is pressed in a pneumatic press, adapting pressure to the vintage. Fermentation begins naturally with indigenous yeasts and matures on lees in underground glass-lined vats for four months before bottling in January 2023.

CSPC:  104649

Winemakers Note:  []

What the Critics are saying:  []

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Luneau Papin
2022 Le Verger

Region:  Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP

France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan
The lieu dit Le Verger sits on a schist bedrock with vines of at least twenty-five years of age. The site produces a wine that eschews fruitiness, instead boasting a firm, saline minerality and a tall, open posture redolent of Caspar David Friedrich's 'Wanderer above the Sea of Fog'. Olivier Poussier said of Le Verger it "breathes shale both in its aromas and in its flavors" and Le Monde des vins wrote: "We fell in love with this devilishly stony wine. Moreover, the beautiful label figuring the original sin is timely: this wine is so pure that it seems to go back to the origins of the terroir. Be careful, do not expect a slew of fruit, we are on a rock overlooking the sea. The nose smells intensely of stone and oil, delivering a racy personality. The very iodized mouth crowns this idea of licking a pebble beach. A Muscadet dream."

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  100% Melon de Bourgogne

ABV:  12.5%

Vineyard:  The 2022 Le Verger from Luneau Papin is produced from vines selected with the Selection Massale method, rooted in schist bedrock in La Chapelle Heulin. This biodynamic vineyard plot is officially known as 'Le Verger' on cadastral maps.

Cellar: Luneau Papin 2022 Le Verger is pressed in a pneumatic press, adapting pressure to the vintage. Fermentation begins naturally with indigenous yeasts and matures on lees in underground glass-lined vats for four months before bottling in January 2023.

CSPC:  104649

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

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Varietal/Blend:  100% Melon de Bourgogne

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

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Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  12.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  104649

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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780-203-5284

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Kerrie Gavin

306-290-0277

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