Parentière 2022 Muscadet Serve et Maine Vieilles Vignes

Michel and Guilhaume Ménager produce this lovely Musacdet on their tiny estate near Vallet, which they have tended organically for more than 40 years. The sub-soil is gabbro, a type of basalt, that gives a unique aromatic quality to the wine, quite different from wines produced on the normal granite or gneiss/schiste soils of Muscadet. The Ménagers have always harvested by hand and never chaptalize, producing wines that are light, refreshing and very "mineral" in character. The 2022's aromatics of white flowers, petrol and white fruits are a bit lighter relative to the 2020, with notes of salinity and quince added to the bouquet. 2022's sunny dispostion has produced a wine that is immediately pleasurable with great phenolic maturity and beautiful acidity innate to the gabbro soils.The palate is rich and vinous with ripe pear notes giving way to a zesty finish. Another incredible value from the Ménagers! - RT