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750ml
Bottle: $15.94
Certified HVE3*. Sourced from 40-year-old Muscadet vines planted in shallow soils of disintegrated mica/schist....
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Red
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $18.94
12 bottles: $18.56
Rich and plummy quite lush for a ‘basic’ Liter wine, with almost a New World fleshiness.
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $14.25
Attractive pale-yellow hue with green tints, a sign of the wine’s youth. The seductively fresh and fruity nose...
750ml
Bottle: $90.00
6 bottles: $88.20
Deep nose that’s very smoky and flinty, with candied-lemon and minty aromas. Very concentrated for such a cool and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $19.38
Violet-reddish in color. Aromas of cherry, dark berries, herbs and spices. On the palate it is balanced with firm...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $18.28
Deep purple in color with aromas of fresh cherries and clean earth. Medium bodied on the palate with flavors of black...

Melon de Bourgogne Mencia Zweigelt 2020

One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.


Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.