2010 Cuvée L d'Or
Luneau Papin
"When I tasted the basic bottlings from Pierre Luneau-Papin from the 2010 vintage back in February of 2012, the Le L d’Or bottling was still resting comfortably on its lees in his cellars, and given how good the lower level cuvées were in this year, I have been looking forward to tasting this classic bottling. The wine certainly does not disappoint, as it offers up a deep and very precise nose of green apple, lemon, wet stone minerality, gentle notes of ocean breeze and a touch of citrus peel. On the palate the wine is deep, fullish and beautifully focused, with a superb core of pure fruit, lovely, ripe acids and simply stunning length and grip on the focused and rock solid finish. This will show more of its leesy influence as the years go by, but today is more citric, stony and briny in personality. A great young bottle of Muscadet, but with the balance to already offer up really superb drinking. 2013-2035." - 94 points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar
Country: France
Region: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire Valley
Appellation: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP
Climate: Cool Atlantic
Altitude:
Soils: Mother rock of granite and gneiss with two micas of the Armoricain Massif
Varietal/Blend: 100% Melon de Bourgogne
Fermentation: Pneumatic press. Spontaneous fermentation using only natural yeasts. Fermentation and maturation on the lees in underground glass lined vats.
Ageing: Underground glass lined vats for 7 to 12 months (depending not the vintage) on the lees without racking until bottling.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Estate. Selection massale. Village of Vallet. Vines planted in 1984. Mother rock of granite and gneiss with two micas of the Armoricain Massif. This plot is one of the historical treasures of the Luneau family. It rises up between two villages and has a river runnings through it. Officially part of the village of Vallet, the plot lies at the top of a hillside forming a 500 meter wide seam of granite that descends gently to the gneiss of the village of Le Landreau.
ABV: 12.0%
Produced Cases:
CSPC: 865318
Country: France
Region: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire Valley
Appellation: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP
"When I tasted the basic bottlings from Pierre Luneau-Papin from the 2010 vintage back in February of 2012, the Le L d’Or bottling was still resting comfortably on its lees in his cellars, and given how good the lower level cuvées were in this year, I have been looking forward to tasting this classic bottling. The wine certainly does not disappoint, as it offers up a deep and very precise nose of green apple, lemon, wet stone minerality, gentle notes of ocean breeze and a touch of citrus peel. On the palate the wine is deep, fullish and beautifully focused, with a superb core of pure fruit, lovely, ripe acids and simply stunning length and grip on the focused and rock solid finish. This will show more of its leesy influence as the years go by, but today is more citric, stony and briny in personality. A great young bottle of Muscadet, but with the balance to already offer up really superb drinking. 2013-2035." - 94 points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar
TECHNICAL INFO
Climate: Cool Atlantic
Altitude:
Soils: Mother rock of granite and gneiss with two micas of the Armoricain Massif
Varietal/Blend: 100% Melon de Bourgogne
Fermentation: Pneumatic press. Spontaneous fermentation using only natural yeasts. Fermentation and maturation on the lees in underground glass lined vats.
Ageing: Underground glass lined vats for 7 to 12 months (depending not the vintage) on the lees without racking until bottling.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Estate. Selection massale. Village of Vallet. Vines planted in 1984. Mother rock of granite and gneiss with two micas of the Armoricain Massif. This plot is one of the historical treasures of the Luneau family. It rises up between two villages and has a river runnings through it. Officially part of the village of Vallet, the plot lies at the top of a hillside forming a 500 meter wide seam of granite that descends gently to the gneiss of the village of Le Landreau.
ABV: 12.0%
Produced Cases:
CSPC: 865318
Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South
T: 403-971-1898
E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca
Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North
T: 780-203-5284
E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca
"When I tasted the basic bottlings from Pierre Luneau-Papin from the 2010 vintage back in February of 2012, the Le L d’Or bottling was still resting comfortably on its lees in his cellars, and given how good the lower level cuvées were in this year, I have been looking forward to tasting this classic bottling. The wine certainly does not disappoint, as it offers up a deep and very precise nose of green apple, lemon, wet stone minerality, gentle notes of ocean breeze and a touch of citrus peel. On the palate the wine is deep, fullish and beautifully focused, with a superb core of pure fruit, lovely, ripe acids and simply stunning length and grip on the focused and rock solid finish. This will show more of its leesy influence as the years go by, but today is more citric, stony and briny in personality. A great young bottle of Muscadet, but with the balance to already offer up really superb drinking. 2013-2035." - 94 points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar
TECHNICAL INFO
Country: France
Region: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire Valley
Appellation: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine AOP
Climate: Cool Atlantic
Altitude:
Soils: Mother rock of granite and gneiss with two micas of the Armoricain Massif
Varietal/Blend: 100% Melon de Bourgogne
Fermentation: Pneumatic press. Spontaneous fermentation using only natural yeasts. Fermentation and maturation on the lees in underground glass lined vats.
Ageing: Underground glass lined vats for 7 to 12 months (depending not the vintage) on the lees without racking until bottling.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Estate. Selection massale. Village of Vallet. Vines planted in 1984. Mother rock of granite and gneiss with two micas of the Armoricain Massif. This plot is one of the historical treasures of the Luneau family. It rises up between two villages and has a river runnings through it. Officially part of the village of Vallet, the plot lies at the top of a hillside forming a 500 meter wide seam of granite that descends gently to the gneiss of the village of Le Landreau.
ABV: 12.0%
Produced Cases:
CSPC: 865318
Calgary + Alberta South
Andrew Stewart
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
Edmonton + Alberta North
Joe Gurba
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South
Kerrie Gavin
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca
