Bonnet-Huteau Vignerons
Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine sur Lie 2025 les Gautronnières
Reviews
Jancis Robinson 16.5/20
Certified organic (Ecocert) and biodynamic (Biodyvin). Tank sample. White flowers and the slightly yeasty, mouth-watering tang of a sourdough starter. Grapefruit and apple and lemon balm. Soft texture that becomes finely chalky on the finish.
Reviews
The Wine Advocate
It is still one of the best kept secrets that in the Muscadet region, you can find coups de coeurs almost en masse—best qualities of really characterful and terroir-driven wines for small prices. The Domaine Bonnet-Huteau is a top example, and even more so when you take into account that the 40 hectares of vineyards around the village of La Chapelle Heulin have been farmed organically since 2005; today, they are even biodynamic. The Bonnet brothers Jean-Jacques and Rémi select different Muscadets from different terroirs, which are impressively reflected in the wines.
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Coming from green rocks and amphibolite soils, this is a vital and finesse-full, very delicate and creamy textured Melon de Bourgogne—of which I have the impression it received its creamy character, due to a more intense yeast contact (through bâttonage) and/or at least a part of malolactic fermentation. This creaminess makes this a very elegant and balanced wine that doesn't lack vibrancy or mineral tension at all, since this unique terroir is simply rocking all its wines. If it's rocking you as well, you have to find out. If you like funky Jazz music, you could love it. To me green colored stones or rocks are among the most fascinating terroirs for wine. These tend to be very reductive and need several years to open up, but their flintiness, finesse and uncompromisingly mineral character give a tension that I find amazing. Les Gautronnières is the first Muscadet I have tasted from such a terroir and it can surely rival the finest Rieslings from similar terroirs (i.e. from Prinz Salm in the Nahe/Germany).
