Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre-et Maine Le Repos du Mouton 2022

Name: Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre-et Maine Le Repos du Mouton 2022
Brand: Farm Wine Imports [FWI]
SKU: SF-1-FWI--033026-5
Price: 26.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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A brand-new cuvée from Muscadet's benchmark domaine: Le Repos du Mouton is the first bottling from four hectares Pépière picked up in the Gras Moutons lieu-dit, held back and aged longer than the classic Gras Moutons — 14 months on the lees instead of nine. The name is a joke on the vineyard: Gras Moutons means "fat sheep," so this one is the sheep's rest, a nod to that extra time lying quietly on its lees. The fruit sits on a hilltop overlooking the river Maine in Saint Fiacre, in the cru of Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, on pebbly, sandy gneiss with very little clay — the kind of rock that pushes roots deep and gives Melon de Bourgogne its salty cut. Farming is organic and biodynamic with everything done by hand, and the winemaking is as hands-off as it gets: whole bunches gently pressed, native-yeast fermentation, moved by gravity into underground glass-lined cement tanks, then bottled unfiltered with no sulfur added at bottling. Rémi Branger and Gwénaëlle Croix have kept Marc Ollivier's standard intact. Decant it and serve it cool, around 12-14°C — that's the house's own advice.

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More about Domaine de la Pepiere

Since 1985 Marc Olivier, proprietor of Pépière, has been producing organically farmed, single-vineyard and single-cru bottlings since before anyone knew what those were let alone what Muscadet was. Melon de Bourgogne, the grape of Muscadet, till this day is rarely grown organically and is generally made into crisp and fresh wines that have simple citrus flavors whose main purpose is to help tourists and locals down platefulls of raw oysters. In Marc's view, Muscadet can be a lot more.

In order to achieve this Marc has farmed organically since the beginning. The different plots he chooses are selected for their varying degrees of decomposing granite and gneiss. Vines are old for Muscadet Varying from 20-100 years old and all. All work in the vineyard is done by hand and the yields are kept low to ensure the highest quality fruit. All of these things are rare in Muscadet.

Marc's cellar is very cold. The grapes are pressed whole-cluster and that cold cellar allows for a long slow fermentation with native yeast and very minimal sulfur. Aging is done Sur Lie (on the dead yeast) on large underground tanks. This step is crucial as it increases the texture and complexity of the Melon. The wines are bottled, unfined and unfiltered.

Marc's contributions to the reputation of Muscadet are legion. Even though much of what comes out of the region is still produced in an industrial fashion, along with Monique Luneau-Papin, Jo Landron, Guy Bossard and the Luneau-Papins he has inspired more than a few producers to make the switch to a more human centric way of growing and making wine throughout the region and beyond. He has partnered with former protoges Rémi Branger (member of another Muscadet family) and Gwénaëlle Croix over the last decade to help ensure that the high Pépière standard is maintained well into the future.

Wine Details

Grape Variety

Melon de Bourgogne
Vintage

2022
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Organic
Style

Minerally
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Oysters on the half shell, obviously — but the extra lees time means it can handle more: grilled sardines, moules marinière, sole meunière, salt cod brandade, a plate of chèvre like Sainte-Maure or Crottin de Chavignol.

Tasting Profile

Dry and bracing, with aromas of lemon, green apple and crushed stone and a distinct iodine, sea-spray note. The long lees aging lends weight in the middle that keeps it from feeling lean. Clean acidity, light-to-medium body, and a long salty, mineral finish. Best decanted and served cool rather than ice-cold.