On Aug 28, 3:42*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> DaleW wrote:
> > On Aug 28, 1:01 pm, santiago > wrote:>
> >> Sorry for telling a story that probably means nothing to most people.
>
> > Hardly! I love stories about lives meeting wines!
>
> > I'm your flip side, I love the Pepiere, a bit more than Luneau-Papin.
> > The Pepiere Briords is usually my favorite Muscadet, followed by the L
> > d'Or.
>
> And I'll split the difference, loving both. *The one difference that
> I'll note is the number of cuvées offered by L-P: Pierre de la Grange, L
> d'Or, Clos des Noëlles 'Semper Excelsior' and Clos des Allees. *In
> contrast, the redoubtable M. Ollivier has the basic Pepiere, the Clos
> des Briords and the Cuvée Eden/Gras Mouton. *At the basic level, I think
> that the Pepiere has a bit more character, but at the more exalted level
> it's hard to choose between the lovely L d'Or and the fantastic Clos des
> Briords (I haven't had enough of the single vyd wines to draw many
> conclusions). *It's also true that I've had more aged L d'Or than aged
> Briords, so it's not a fair comparison. *I've got several of each from
> '04 (Andrew's birth year) so more on this later.
>
> Mark Lipton
>
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You forgot the Granite de Clisson (and the red Muscadets!)