Michel Bregeon, Muscadet Gorges, 2020
Michel Brégeon spent decades making Muscadet at the very top of the appellation; since his retirement in 2011, Fred Lailler has carried the work forward, and the Gorges cuvée remains the fullest expression of that lineage. Gorges is one of Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine's Crus Communaux, and what sets it apart from much of the appellation is the gabbro soil — a dark, igneous rock that delivers a mineral intensity and grip found nowhere else in the appellation. Bregeon's 2020 spent extended time on the lees, building texture and depth while the appellation's hallmark freshness held firm. This is the Muscadet that makes the category click: undeniable minerality, real complexity, and the length of a wine that was never meant to be drunk young.
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Michel Brégeon spent decades making Muscadet at the very top of the appellation; since his retirement in 2011, Fred Lailler has carried the work forward, and the Gorges cuvée remains the fullest expression of that lineage. Gorges is one of Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine's Crus Communaux, and what sets it apart from much of the appellation is the gabbro soil — a dark, igneous rock that delivers a mineral intensity and grip found nowhere else in the appellation. Bregeon's 2020 spent extended time on the lees, building texture and depth while the appellation's hallmark freshness held firm. This is the Muscadet that makes the category click: undeniable minerality, real complexity, and the length of a wine that was never meant to be drunk young.
