Domaine Gilbert Bossard, Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine “Sur Lie”

If I had to single out one mantra that frustrates me the most about the wine business it’s that “every good wine has been discovered” because of globalization and technology. And although I wholeheartedly reject that—new and old producers alike are popping up on our radars every year—it still blows my mind that today’s exceedingly delicious and ultra-classic Muscadet is still largely undiscovered outside of France. Forget globalization of business and at-your-fingertips technology, it took a physical trip to France and a coincidental meeting with Jean-Louis Bossard for us to discover this low-priced beauty. And although our interaction was brief, namely because his English was rudimentary and our French was nonexistent, what did come through loud and clear was (1) his family’s 500-year grape-growing presence in Muscadet and (2) his baritone “no” when we asked if he had representation in the United States.One taste of Bossard’s workhorse “Sur Lie” bottling and we were convinced there wa