Domaine de la Pépière (Marc Ollivier) Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Les Gras Moutons 2009
12% abv. Usually a wine I love but I'm not entirely convinced by the 2009. Immediately after opening it was absurdly aromatic for a Muscadet - with its crystallized lime aromas and pungency it seemed more like Riesling than Muscadet. It did calm down quickly and become more typical of the grape with its positively neutral aromas. But in addition to this positive neutrality, it never gained that lovely leesy, mineral aroma that I especially love. Instead it became rather bland and smelled of pears. Rather generic, unoaked wine in other words, with no special, defining character. The palate, also, was a bit bland, lacking nervousness and character. Soft and easy is what this wine is. It's perfectly fine to drink, it doesn't offend, it doesn't make me feel elated, but it does lack the character I usually find with Pépière. I'll blame it all on the hot year.
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