Muscadet
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Muscadet is a French white wine. It is made at the western end of the Loire Valley, near the city of Nantes in the Pays de la Loire region. It is made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape, often referred
A Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine sur lie wine
Evidence suggests that Louis XIV ordered the plantings of Melon de Bourgogne in the Muscadet region following the devastating frost of 1709 that wiped out many vineyards.
Melon de Bourgogne grapes during flowering.
The process of sur lie aging involves the wine staying in constant contact with the dead yeast cells (known as lees) which appear as sediment at the bottom of a wine barrel (example shown).
Melon de Bourgogne
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Melon de Bourgogne or Melon is a variety of white grape grown primarily in the Loire Valley region of France. It is also grown in North America. It is best known through its use in the white wine Musc
Melon de Bourgogne grapes
A Melon de Bourgogne from the Dundee Hills AVA of Oregon.