PIERRE LUNEAU-PAPIN
Loire, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine (France)
LVF Green Guide 2 Stars
Pierre-Marie Luneau heads this 50-hectare estate in Le Landreau, a village in the heart of Muscadet country, where small hamlets dot a landscape of vineyards on low hills. Their estate, also known as Domaine Pierre de la Grange, has been in existence since the early 18th century when it was already planted with Melon de Bourgogne, the Muscadet appellation’s single varietal. After taking over from his father Pierre in 2011, Pierre-Marie became the ninth generation to make wine in the area. Because of the size of their estate, and of the privileged terroir of the villages of Le Landreau, Vallet and La Chapelle Heulin, the Luneau family has opted for producing smaller cuvées from their several plots, which are always vinified separately so as to reflect their terroir’s particular character.
PIERRE LUNEAU-PAPIN
Excelsior Cru Communal Goulaine 2018
TASTING NOTE
Lemon, orchard fruit and citrus blossom character with elegant aromatic restraint.
From the Cru of Goulaine, the Les Noëlles vineyard plot, planted in 1936, creates exceptional wines. Harvested by hand and aged for 36 months on its lees in underground vats (concrete + glass paste tiles) in order to highlight the alchemy of a great terroir combined with the know-how of the artisan winemaker. Excelsior was born then and it is since, one of the most popular vintages by international tables, enlightened amateurs and the specialized press.