8 of the Best Cru Muscadets From France’s Loire Valley

Muscadet is the quintessential seafood washdown wine. Crisply acidic and often briny, it seems made for oysters, its most famous pairing. It comes from the far western Loire Valley not far from the Atlantic Ocean and, not surprisingly, the area’s many oyster beds. Muscadet is the name of the region and the wine, and the grape is the Melon de Bourgogne, which was rooted, as the name suggests, in Burgundy before it was transplanted in the Loire in the 16th century. The article 8 of the Best Cru Muscadets From France’s Loire Valley appeared first on VinePair.