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Domaine Luneau-Papin 2001 Clos des Noëlles Excelsior Melon (Muscadet Sèvre Et Maine)

Price $35

A wonderfully balanced wine, rich, rounded but showing off the crispness, the tightness of great Muscadet. There is a yeasty, creamy element here, from its 30 month’s aging on the lees before bottling, but this just makes the crispness even more exciting. — R.V. (11/15/2008)

Domaine Luneau-Papin 1995 Le L d’Or de Pierre Luneau Melon (Muscadet Sèvre Et Maine)

Price $32

It’s an extraordinary wine that still tastes so fresh after 13 years, but for a Muscadet it’s almost unbelievable. Yet, here is this citrus and white currant flavored wine that still shows high acidity and liveliness as well as a depth of texture that has come during its aging. Probably at its peak now. — R.V. (11/15/2008)

Domaine Luneau-Papin 1999 Le L d’Or de Pierre Luneau Melon (Muscadet Sèvre Et Maine)

Price $30

The granite soil of the vineyard is dominant in this textured, mineral wine with its kerosene aroma and its taut, almost austere acidity. While the primary fruit has gone, this is still nowhere near mature, a wine that shows considerable freshness, life, potential. — R.V. (11/15/2008)

Domaine Luneau-Papin 2002 Clos des Noëlles Excelsior Melon (Muscadet Sèvre Et Maine)

Price $35

This single-vineyard wine’s schist soil gives a richer style of Muscadet than the granite-based wines. It’s rich, spicy, creamy, yeasty, the nutmeg and almonds forming the core of ripe apples and pink grapefruit. Big, rich, expressive. — R.V. (11/15/2008)

Domaine Luneau-Papin 1997 Le L d’Or de Pierre Luneau Melon (Muscadet Sèvre Et Maine)

Price $30

Proof again from Pierre Luneau that Muscadet can age. This wine, 11 years old, still tastes fresh. The only concession to age is the loss of the high green primary fruits, but the flavors have then rounded out, still creamy, still full of vivacious acidity, but now with almonds, some toast and ripeness. — R.V. (11/15/2008)

Domaine Luneau-Papin 2006 Le L d’Or de Pierre Luneau Melon (Muscadet Sèvre Et Maine)

Cellar Selection

Rich and creamy outwardly, this is a wine with a dense, mineral core, which is built around tight apple skin flavors and crisp grapefruit. It is intense, lively, fresh but also concentrated. — R.V. (11/15/2008)

Domaine Luneau-Papin 2005 Le L d’Or de Pierre Luneau Melon (Muscadet Sèvre Et Maine)

Price $23

Powerful, rich, yeasty, packed with green and white fruits, this is a dense wine. The acidity throws a punch, but then the fruit is ripe enough to balance. Impressive wine, still developing. — R.V. (11/15/2008)

Domaine Luneau-Papin 2003 Le L d’Or de Pierre Luneau Melon (Muscadet Sèvre Et Maine)

Benefiting from the heat of 2003, here is a wine that is almost Burgundian in its richness. There is a hint of toast, of ripe apricots and a smooth, creamy texture. It’s certainly atypical, even though there is a finishing streak of acidity. — R.V. (11/15/2008)

Prominent Designations

Clos des Allées Vieilles Vignes Clos des Noëlles Excelsior Domaine Pierre de La Grange Le L d’Or de Pierre Luneau

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