La Grange AOP 2024

Wine description for La Grange AOP 2024 by Luneau-Papin

Muscadet, long dismissed as simple bistro fare, has found its true voice with Pierre-Marie and Marie Luneau. At their family estate in Landreau – held by the family for generations and now Demeter-certified – La Grange is a cuvée that can be read like a calling card of the vintage: several plots around the winery, all sharing the same subsoil of schist and mica schist, come together to form a portrait of the commune.

Colour & appearance

Pale golden yellow, threaded with delicate green reflections – fresh and clear in the glass.

Nose

An elegant aroma of lemon, pear and apple, accompanied by the soft sweetness of honeydew melon. Beneath this lie fine minerality, a discreet woody spice from the ageing in casks and a faint hint of pepper.

Palate

Juicy and supple, with deliberately restrained acidity. Grip and saline nuances provide structure, while the texture remains silky. A wine of calm, understated elegance – not loud, yet present.

Finish

Pure and mineral, with a saline aftertaste and a final citrus note that lingers long on the palate.

Terroir & origin

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Loire. The plots lie not far from the estate’s cellars in Landreau; the bedrock of mica schist and schist shapes the wine’s taut, stony vein. Luneau-Papin has been farming biodynamically for years and bears the Demeter logo on the label.

Grape variety & vinification

100% Melon de Bourgogne – at Luneau-Papin, the instrument for translating the soil. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, followed by twelve months of ageing in wooden casks, barriques and underground glass-lined concrete tanks.

Food recommendations

Born for everything from the sea: oysters, mussels, grilled sardines or sole in butter. Also a fine choice with roasted root vegetables, artichokes and goat’s cheese from the Loire.

Special features

The unusual combination of wood and glass-lined concrete lends the wine something rarely found in Muscadet: a quiet spicy depth above the schistous freshness – captured in a cuvée that deliberately sums up the vintage and the place rather than a single vineyard site.