2005 Domaine De La Tourmaline Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie

Dinner sounds delicious, but I'm not sure about enjoying it with a fizz! It's a 2005 vintage, and still fizzy? I thought these were, relatively, shorter life wines, and not for the long term??? However, I really don't have a lot of experience with Muscadet, so I'm not sure about the life of the wine.

The fizzy/spritz wasn't to the degree of let's say, a carbonated soft drink. It was very subtle and actually dissipated over the course of the evening. I really enjoy good muscadet, from good producers, in good vintages. Perfect pairing with seafood. The mineral, saline, seashell nuances pair so well with seafood dishes. The wines are so clean and pure. I don't know how long these wines will age, but I've recently had one from the 2000 vintage (not sure of producer) that was still drinking nicely. I do have some Bruno Cormerais from 2004 that's in very good shape. Claude Branger seems to be my goto muscadet producer year in and year out. The 2005 was and still is good. I think you have to be selective, as say you would beaujolais, as there may not be many producers who produce long lived wines. Obviously, provenance plays a major role as well.

Muscadet is ridiculously good wine for the price. Let's try to keep it a secret.

I think the last Muscadet I had was made by a winery in western Arkansas!

My comment did not apply to muscadets from Arkansas.

Are you out there, JulieD?