Bonnets Blancs Muscadet 25

From Domaine Bonnet-Huteau, a family property for over 150 years in the heart of Sèvre et Maine — Muscadet's finest zone, twenty minutes from Nantes and the Atlantic — now run by brothers Jean-Jacques and Rémi Bonnet, certified organic since 2005 and fully biodynamic (Biodyvin). Les Bonnets Blancs comes from 15–30-year-old Melon de Bourgogne vines on La Tarcière's shallow, sandy soils over gneiss, slowly wild-fermented and rested six months sur lie for that signature Muscadet texture. The 2025 is fine and precise: wet stone, lemon, and subtle white peach with pear, white flowers, and a whisper of hay, singing with minerality through a mouthwateringly saline finish. There is no better $20 bottle for oysters, clams, moules frites, or anything pulled from the sea.

Wine Details:

Grapes: 100% Melon de Bourgogne

ABV: Approx. 12%

Region: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie AOP, Loire Valley, France

Farming / Practices: Certified organic (Ecocert, since 2005) & Biodyvin biodynamic; hand-tended plowed soils, slow native fermentation, 6 months aging on the lees, under 50 mg/l total sulfites

Producer: Domaine Bonnet-Huteau, La Chapelle-Heulin; family estate for over 150 years

Bottle Size: 750ml