Ollivier Père et Fils: Tasting & Drinking
My experience with the wines of this domaine remains slim, and I am in the unusual circumstance here of knowing the vigneron better than I know his wines. But the tiny number I have tasted are worth highlighting here, in this profile of Jean-Luc Ollivier, because they show us something very instructive; put simply, that traditional sur lie Muscadet can age. More importantly, in doing so these wines are not necessarily just ‘surviving’, but are developing interesting if rather subtle complexities as they slumber.
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