Domaine Luneau-Papin - Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine "Les Pierres Blanches" 2022 (750ml)
Price: $36.99
| Producer | Domaine Luneau-Papin |
| Country | France |
| Region | Loire Valley |
| Varietal | Melon de Bourgogne |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 205191 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Domaine Luneau-Papin Description
Domaine Luneau-Papin was founded in the 1990’s, uniting two wine-making families through the marriage of Pierre Luneau and Monique Papin. The Luneau family has been growing melon B (or melon de Bourgogne) in Le Landreau for over two centuries, and Monique’s parents ran their family estate in the town of Chapelle-Heulin. Pierre and Monique shared a passion for the region’s historic grape, melon B, and a commitment to elevating its esteem within the wine world.
They were pioneers in developing site specific Muscadet in the 1970’s - bottling three single-vineyard wines, L d’Or from vines planted on granite, Les Pierres Blanches from vines on gneiss and the Clos des Allées from vines on schist and mica schist, all with the goal of emphasizing that there is not just one style of Muscadet. In 2005, Pierre and Monique’s son, Pierre-Marie began working at the domaine and in 2008, Pierre-Marie’s wife, Marie, joined the team. Pierre and Monique retired in 2018, but the next generation remains dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the centuries-old traditions of these two families of vignerons in Muscadet Sèvre et Maine.
100% Melon de Bourgogne. A historical plot in the Papin family, Les Pierres Blanches is the cadastral name given to this place. It faces the authentic cellars of the BonneauPapin family, on a hillside with gneiss subsoil at the entrance to the village of La Chapelle-Heulin. Vines were planted in 1954, in the village of La Chapelle-Heulin, on a gneiss and quartz source rock.
