Domaine Luneau Papin - Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Le Verger 2022
Loire
White
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Drink or Keep
92/100
RVF
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91/100
Robert Parker
"A fine start for this Muscadet, a Luneau Papin trademark".
"2022 is a year of concentration, sunshine and charming aromatic intensity (white fruits, spices...) for Le Verger. Seductively fat on the palate, with invigorating energy. Salivating persistence, fine bitterness". (La Revue du Vin de France July-August 2024). A great success!
Features
Estate
Domaine Luneau Papin
Cuvée
Le Verger
Vintage
2022
Designation
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie
Region
Loire
Grape varieties
Melon de Bourgogne
Terroirs
Shale bedrock, plot of land known as Le Verger, in the village of La Chapelle-Heulin
Viticulture
Certified organic (Ecocert) and biodynamic (Demeter)
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Whole grapes pressed in a pneumatic press, spontaneous alcoholic fermentation using indigenous yeasts.
Breeding
7 months on lees with regular stirring in tanks under concrete soil + glass tiles, without racking before bottling.
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Pale yellow with green highlights
Nose
Airy, with floral and citrus notes
Mouth
Pure, fine and refreshing, beautiful minerality
Serve
AT 12°C
Drink before
2026
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with seafood, salt-crusted sea bass, sea bream fillet, salmon crumble with candied zucchini, Asian cuisine, fromage frais...
Domaine Luneau Papin
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
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. Their work in the vineyard is based on 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.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated (guide 2023) 91/100 (Wonderful wine)
About the wine:
The 2022 Le Verger was produced from grapes planted on the Les Bernardières plot, with its schistose soil. The wine has a flinty, smoky bouquet with aromas of menthol, verbena, lemon oil and white fruit. Moderate in weight, it is juicy, fresh, crystalline and pure, with a long, penetrating finish and a delicate bitterness revealing a saline minerality. While this vintage still has three to five years of evolution ahead of it, it can already be enjoyed with pleasure.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (guide 2024) 92/100 (Revue Juillet Août)
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:
2022 is a year of concentration, sunshine and charming aromatic intensity (white fruits, spices...) for Le Verger. Seductively fat on the palate, with invigorating energy. Salivating persistence, fine bitterness.
About the domain :
Pierre and Monique Luneau-Papin have left their mark on their generation, chiseling out great Muscadet wines. We owe them in particular the magnificent Excelsior cuvée, 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
5/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by Mme MARYLOU C. Published on 03/12/2024
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