Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Chateau Thebaud 2022 052626OFFER more immediately charming half of

more immediately charming half of this duo

The Rosé Perpétuelle "Effusion" is a striking example of his philosophy

In the cellar he works like an engineer: long gentle pressings

The farming is lutte raisonnée — low-intervention and minimal-chemical — and the wines are fermented and aged in stainless steel only

The high proportion of clay in this southeast-facing climat creates specific minerality and complexity

Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Chateau Thebaud 2022 052626OFFER more immediately charming half ofMuscadet at its most intellectually stimulating. Chteau Thbaud is one of the newly minted Cru Communaux of Muscadet Svre et Maine, and Domaine de la Ppire's bottling pulls from old vines rooted in the distinctive granite de Thbaud soils, threaded with veins of metamorphic gneiss. Marc Ollivier set the benchmark for serious Muscadet over three decades here (he retired after the 2019 vintage); the reins now sit with Rmi Branger and Gwnalle Croix, who