Muscadet Wine Sampling – Episode #249

June 5, 2007

Gary samples some Muscadet wines, because some of us don’t have Franklins pouring out of our pockets.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Chereau Carre Muscadet Chateau De ChasseloirMuscadet
2005 Domaine De La Cognardiere Muscadet Sur LieMuscadet
2006 Pepiere Muscadet Sur LieMuscadet

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June 5, 2007

1855class
very interesting episode. i don’t recall ever trying a muscadet.
qotd- i really need to explore the loire valley, the northern rhone and langudoc-rousillion. also, i’ve never had the pleasure of drinking a DRC…poor me.
June 5, 2007

RieslingRon
QOTD: Austria is probably the area I haven’t experienced as yet. I have had other Loire varieties, but not Muscadet………I’ll look for some of these.
June 5, 2007

Jon B.
Interesting I’ve never tried a muscadet I’ll have to soon.QOTD Obviously as I just stated muscadet.. but really alot of france I’ve yet to explore I’m a little intimidated but I have a few in mind…
June 5, 2007

Pastore
Haven’t had the pleasure of the Spanish wine in general, or any South African ones either. Both I hear have some phenomenal ones to choose from.
June 5, 2007

italianwinelover
Never tried a Muscadet…like reds better but what a good value to try!! will recommend it to my “whitey” friends!

Never have tried a Barolo…price point to high…but would love to visit them!
great ep!
June 5, 2007

cosmo108
Haven’t tried a few of the wallet busters: barolo, super tuscan…a good bordeaux. Enjoy drinking muscadet. I enjoy the simple mineral taste.
June 5, 2007

maggiej
QOTD: The list is long, but the next item is Italien wines- Chianti/Super Tuscans sound exciting.
June 5, 2007

Shad
QOTD: Being a newbie to the world of wine there are lots of different grapes I have not tried. After watching this episode I will be trying Muscadet. I want to try Malbec….better watch the Malbec episodes again
June 5, 2007

Jonathon M Chicago
QOTD: Pinotage.
Can’t wait for the 6/15 episode! GV might be a little loopy
June 5, 2007

Bart F
Gary,

Believe it or not, never had a good Chablis! Love shell fish so will try it next time at the oyster house!
June 5, 2007

KenP
Good ep. And with the summer months approaching… well, they’re here!
QOTD: Italian wines. The mishmash of DOC’s, its very uneven quality, makes it difficult to know where to jump in.
June 5, 2007

Careyd
QOTD:
I’ve never had a Pinotage. From the descriptions, I’m not sure I’d like it much, but I suppose I should try one someday. My experience, as is the case with many here, is very limited on 1st growth bordeaux and burgundy.

I would love to have the opportunity to taste these 1st growth wines, especially the ones that consistently score 96 and up, just to calibrate my palate with expectations. Wish I could find a tasting event in my area pouring these. Even if the price of admission was pretty high I think I’d go just to get my palate educated. But at $300 and up per bottle I can’t afford to just jump in!

Budget keeps me drinking wines (always under $100 a bottle and most often in the avg $25 ballpark. To my mind, every time I order a case I try to keep it in the $250-ish ballpark. That means when I order the $50 bottle I try to order a couple $10-12 bottles to get the average down.
June 5, 2007

cdavis
QOTD – I have never had a Burgundy Pinot Noir.

Excellent episode! I had my first Muscadet 2 weekends ago with some Oysters! Very simple, yet enjoyable.
June 5, 2007

Davo
I’m with ya on the quaffability (if that’s a word) of Muscadets. I’m going to serve it in a bucket with stone goblets next time.

QOTD: Jura & Sovoie
June 5, 2007

Andy
Never tried a true Muscadet but will in the future.. G you are the man!!!!!! Thanks you for the info.

QOTD— I really want to experience A TRUE Super Tuscan wine that brings like you say The Thunder….
June 5, 2007

Kathy
Haven’t had a Barolo due to the price. Having a hard time finding a red I like lately. Finding whites to be the values lately. Help me!!!
June 5, 2007

Joseph M. Kennedy
QOTD: I’m still new to the wine world, so there’s a lot I haven’t tried yet.. That being said, I have a bunch of friends who are over the place as far as tastes and I’m getting to try a lot more.
June 5, 2007

PhilB
Quite a relevant ep, GV! I’m also in the 10% of the Muscadet drinkers… One one the best I’ve had was the Chasseloir that you tried, except their top cuvÃ©e, CuvÃ©e des Ceps Centenaires… Very good stuff to seek out! Another great bottle of the stuff is Loiret FrÃ¨res Muscadet SÃ¨vre et Maine sur lie Les Clissages d’or 2005 which, at 4 euros, is a steal… Then again, like Gary said, nothing to spend hundreds of $ on, but still something everybody should have once in a while…

Any of you have ever had an aged Muscadet??? Read an article last month about how these wines could age for 20 age and be awesome even then!! I’d be interested in getting your feedback on this…
June 5, 2007

Dan R.
QOTD: Never had Muscadet but sound good. I don’t recall ever having Japanese Sake or if I did I had way too much.
June 5, 2007

vibemore
Should trueness matter in wine? In vino veritas. Of course. Thanks for bringing the true.

QOTD: Well, it is not a region, but I have never tried Kosher wine.
June 5, 2007

jorge
QOTD: I have never had Pinotage. Not sure I will like it, but them again, so far I like them all except for Muscadine, it just doesn’t agree with me or I with it.
June 5, 2007

flavasauce
That’s so funny…I opened a a Muscadet last night to have with Pesto Pasta. A 2005 Domaine de Quilla. I twas pretty tart lemon by itself but with the food it really sang. GV we are really in synch
QOTD: Grand Cru (?) Bordeaux-tooo expensive.
June 5, 2007

thabeav
Thanks for reminding me about Muscadet. It is great juice for the money.

QOTD: never had a barolo….
June 5, 2007

E
85 = 5 * 17

That’s odd, I love me some Pepiere but it’s never struck me as overly vegetal, more lemony and salty and like having a little bit of the sea in a bottle, which is always nice. The Clos des Briords is even better, and I don’t it being much over 12 bucks … if you can find it, that is.

QOD: let’s go with Barolo, Sancerre (!), and Priorat–all of which are sleeping in the house somewhere, methinks.
June 5, 2007

DK44
Interesting episode. I’ll have to give Muscadet a closer look.

QOTD: Can’t think of any wine types or countries that I’ve yet to try. There are lots of high end wines I’ve never tried. I’m especially interested in French first growths.

Cheers