"This could very well be most layered, cellar-worthy white cuvee you will ever buy for under $15. This wine has great minerality, is ultra complex and it's high-acid ensures that it is age worthy. This wine is something of a hero among wine geeks - try it and you'll see why."~Ancona's Wines

Proprietor Marc Ollivier's Muscadet-sur-Lie has lees contact until the time of bottling, generally in late May. This particular bottle is a very-old-vine cuvée of Muscadet from a single-plot vineyard in schist, the Clos des Briords. These are among the oldest vines in his estate (they were planted in 1930) and they enjoy a particularly good exposition. Ripening is slower, and the longer hang-time before harvest allows for optimal maturity to be reached. Because of the soil and greater concentration achieved with old vines, the Clos des Briords is a more powerful wine that most Muscadets. It is very mineral and quite austere in its youth, rather than fruity and light. Over a few months, or even years, it develops much complexity."~(Importer Notes)