Lot 289 | 2020 Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie 750ml

Oysters, seafood salads, crab, goat cheese or even lightly grilled fish - Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie is almost always the perfect pairing. The tangier the better! With Spring on the way and summer not far behind, this is a great wine to buy by the case now.  Muscadet Sur Lie is only allowed in three regions of the Loire, the best of them being the Landreau region of Sevre et Maine (named after the Sevre Nantais and Maine rivers that flow through the region). The mica shist soils of Le Landreau produce a richer style of Muscadet that is aged on on its lees for about 8-months before bottling - typical wines will age for another 5-7 years in a good vintage. There is no disputing 2020 was an excellent vintage in the Loire Valley. Lot 289 was purchased in tire bouche (AKA shiners or cleanskins) from a small producer sitting on a gold-mine of 50-year-old vines planted on on a rolling slope of mica schist soils. The resulting wine combines the freshness of the Atlantic ocean breezes with