Domaine Louis Métaireau Grand Mouton: Tasting & Drinking
My early experiences with the Métaireau wines followed chance encounters with a few bottles picked up from a long-defunct caviste in Calais of all places; I was aware of the domaine and its reputation long before I ever tasted the wines. To be frank, these early encounters were rather variable, the wines a little disappointing. A later encounter with the 2005 Grand Mouton, however, was rather more promising, and did something to keep the domaine on my radar.
I was able to revisit the wines of this domaine again in the 2012 vintage. The 2012 Grand Mouton cuvée displayed a reassuring quality, suggesting that this was perhaps a domaine in which I should be taking a greater interest. The 2012 MLM, however, did something to dispel these thoughts; this was a less thrilling experience, and I kept finding a disconcerting note that called to mind aromatic yeasts, a characteristic I do not enjoy in Muscadet which to my mind should be more redolent of herbs, citrus and above all mineral stone.
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