Domaine Luneau-Papin - Les Pierres Blanches 2018

Name: Domaine Luneau-Papin - Les Pierres Blanches 2018
Brand: Domaine Luneau Papin
Rating: 4.1 (17 reviews)

Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine|White wine|Organic

Loire

White

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4.1/5 (17 customers)

16/20

RVF

"Beautiful crystalline fullness, delicately peppery and tracing allongevity. We love its salivating depth." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2020 - RVF). A white with a chalky aftertaste, perfectly dry and defined. A real success!

Features

Estate

Domaine Luneau Papin

Cuvée

Les Pierres Blanches

Vintage

2018

Designation

Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine

Region

Loire

Grape varieties

100% Melon de Bourgogne. Vignes de plus de 65 ans (plantées en 1950)

Terroirs

Soils of gneiss on rolled quartz from La Chapelle-Heulin. Place known as "Les Pierres Blanches", facing south-west.

Viticulture

Certified organic (Ecocert), biodynamic agriculture label pending

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Whole grapes pressed in a pneumatic press, spontaneous alcoholic fermentation using indigenous yeasts.

Breeding

10 months on lees in tanks under concrete soil + glass tiles, without racking before bottling

Alcohol content

12%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Clear, brilliant colour

Nose

Very fresh, with white fruit and citrus aromas and a fairly mineral profile.

Mouth

Chalky length, perfectly dry and defined, saline finish

Serve

AT 12°C

Open

1/2 hour before

Drink before

2025

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy as an aperitif, with seafood, scampi, scallop carpaccio, salt-crusted sea bass, fresh goat's cheese...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 4*Stars (Top-quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)

About the domain :

Pierre-Marie and Marie Luneau are one of the most dynamic couples in the French wine industry. Their expertise and knowledge of the 42-hectare vineyard are unrivalled in the region. They work the vines according to organic and biodynamic principles, and their cuvées are great gourmet wines whose evolution over time is a model of its kind. Our tastings always place this estate at the top.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Wine rated (2020 guide) 16/20 (Very good wine)

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the wine:

Beautiful crystalline fullness, delicately peppery, tracing finish. We love its salivating depth.

About the domain :

Pierre and Monique Luneau-Papin have left their mark on their generation, chiseling out great Muscadet wines. In particular, they produced the magnificent Cuvée Excelsior, a benchmark among Nantes' long-keeping whites, and a pioneer for the cru communal de Goulaine. Their son, Pierre-Marie, and his wife, Marie, are continuing the story with exceptional energy, going even further in their quest for terroir identity. These are aptly reflected in all their wines, from Vera Cruz (quartz, micaschist and two-mica schist) to Gula-Ana (peridotite and serpentinite from the fabulous Butte de la Roche, one of the most bewitching places in Muscadet). The wines are aged mainly in underground concrete vats lined with glass tiles, sometimes backed up by amphorae for certain vats. These 40 hectares of vines have been organically farmed since 2019. An estate in top form, delivering contemporary Muscadets that are at once distinctive, precise and invigorating.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4.1/5

out of 17 reviews