DaleW > wrote in
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>
> Look forward to you reporting! Have you had the Pepiere "Granite de
> Clisson," another "serious" Muscadet?

Unfortunately not (I do not think it is imported here). I have a memory of
the basic wine by Marc Ollivier (vintage 2004 or so) but I always liked
Luneau-Papin better.

My first contact with Muscadet was with a "caviste" in Angers that I
visited for the first time in 2001, when I was invited to teach a subject
at a Business School (and I keep going every autumn since then, both to the
BS and the caviste!).

I remember that, back in home, when opening that cheap bottle of Domaine
Pierre de la Grange VV 2000 or 2001 (from Luneau Papin) almost one year
later and being astonished as how good the wine was.

So next year I purchased a case This was the time when I was starting to
get interest in wine and, being just married, I had to keep an eye on.
price, so this wine was some sort of a bargain to me.

When I knew that a local shop was selling Muscadet, I went and got a
bottle, and it was Marc Ollivier's basic wine. I was a bit deceived, for I
found a reductive note that I considered "dirty".

I even travelled once to the wine fair that is held in Angers every
february and tasted the full range of wines by Mr. Ollivier, but I never
found the clarity and precission that I find in the wines by Luneau-Papin.
I do not want to sound like I am bashing Dom. de la Pepiere.

Since next autumn I will be travelling back to Angers to teach again, I
will try to find a bottle of Granite de Clisson.

Sorry for telling a story that probably means nothing to most people.

Best,

s.