Domaine de La Parentiere Muscadet Vielles Vignes 2022

Domaine de La Parentiere Muscadet Vielles Vignes 2022Press 4 Mix White October 2024 Direct Press Selection There are few better regions than Muscadet for expressing the quality known as "minerality" that is so often sought after. Michel and Guilhaume Mnager of Domaine de la Parentire have a special type of soil called gabbro that makes their Muscadets some of the most "mineral" of any that I've come across. Gabbro is a volcanic type of soil sometimes called "black granite" but it is most similar to

Though it's technically an orange wine

where everything is done by hand

with medium-acidity and a creamy mouthfeel aided by the skin contact the grapes received

Gringet from young vines (planted 2018) in Ayse

The finish has a mushroomy umami balanced with light tannin and pleasing mineral freshness

100% Pinot Noir from the Aube

Gustavo Martinez has been working closely with five families of growers in Itata and Bio-Bio since 2015

Their commitment to organic farming and low sulfur bottlings have changed the perception of German wine in Germany as well as the US

and cassis

the thinnest tannins

sweeter apples to balance the intensity of the others

and pretend you're on the Spanish coast