2020 Domaine de la Bretonniere Muscadet Sevre-Et-Maine Sur Lie, France
The Domaine’s Muscadet Sur Lie Sèvre et Maine is an excellent example of the brisk, linear, textural wine the AOC is best known for. Made entirely of Melon de Bourgogne, the juice was separated from the lees after pressing, fermented, then aged on fine lees in concrete tanks for seven months. This period of sur lie maturation lends a creaminess and rounded feel to the palate of the otherwise crisp, direct wine.