Jérémie Huchet La Pêcherie Muscadet

Why did the monks of the middle ages work a vineyard in one location and not in the spot next to it? Why, hundreds of years later is the wine from that location much more profound? Because everything is there, the true sense of terroir. Jeremie Huchet has a long family history in wine dating back to the  French papal middle ages, so to say wine is in his blood would be an understatement. Having fully taken over the estate in 2001, there are now 64 hectares under vine, ⅓ of which is certified organic, Jeremie’s shrewd winery infrastructural investments are paying dividends; lots of concrete, glass lined concrete and cubist eggs amongst other things. This manifestation of the Melon de Bourgogne grape, one of the primary grapes of the Loire, is grown on soil consisting of clay, silt and gneiss (like a higher temperature higher pressured schist  with a decent amount of minerals in its midst). The wine is aged on its lees for 6 months for added texture and body which enhances the fresh, zesty fruit and long saline finish so representative of the terroir. Crisp, bone dry with just a hint at gentle effervescence. Al fresco seafood dining with a chilled bottle of La Pecherie? ‘Nuff said. Oh it’s from the Loire just south of Nantes in full receipt of Atlantic influences. Salinity anyone?