Global warming must have something to do with it because Muscadet from the Loire doesn’t seem to be as austerely dry as it used to be. This wine, currently at Vintages outlets, is a light golden colour, which shows some maturity. It has a minerally, apple nose and well-extracted flavours. If I had this wine blind, I would have thought it was a Soave. It’s well balanced with clean lines and a lingering fresh finish.
Food match: grilled fish
Domaine de la Tourlaudière Muscadet Sèvres et Maine Sur Lie 2011, Loire, $13.95. Vintages #171694
Post City Magazines’ wine columnist, Tony Aspler, has written 14 books on wine and food. Tony also created the Ontario Wine Awards and has been inducted into the New York Media Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame. He can be heard on 680News.