Crisp and zesty Muscadet is the perfect seafood match
Here are some great-value examples of this delicious yet often overlooked white wine
The next time you’re planning any class of seafood lunch or supper, picnic or barbecue, snack-fest or full-blown feast, do yourself a favour and seek out a Muscadet to match. This single-varietal, regional wine style gets too-often overlooked — one benefit being some great value on offer.
France’s cool-climate Loire Valley is home to various mineral-laced, citrus-driven and refreshing white wines. Nervy Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre’s limestone, silex and flinty soils in the east. Or, along the mid-section of this long, châteaux-lined river, Saumur and Touraine’s chalky tuffeau soils and cellars where juicy Chenin Blanc grows and ferments. The sea-sprayed, mist-cooled Muscadet region, however, is where that crisp bite of minerality and twist of lemon zest reaches its most lip-smacking.
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