Let it age and it'll surprise – and delight – you.

"Great Muscadet" may read like an oxymoron, but quality Muscadet is actually one of the world's best, if most obscure, bargains. Even today, a bottle from a top producer rarely costs more than $20 ...

Muscadet, like Chablis and Sancerre, is not a gobs-of-fruit sort of wine. Yes, one can often sense citrus qualities in Muscadet. But more often, it is a stony, ...

Muscadet, made in the region around Nantes, near the Atlantic coast in Brittany, is an underappreciated wine. It has enough of a traditional reputation that several are available, but it lacks the ...

Muscadet is often so neutral that one of the only real clues to its identity is that by AOC law, Muscadet may not exceed 12.5% abv. While one can not “taste” alcohol per se, ...

Muscadet, the white wine of France's western Loire Valley, is a throwback to wine's old days. In the modern world, where wine is fetishized, ranked and paraded like a show pony, it's hard for ...

Guy Bossard Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie “Expression de Granit” 2005, $18. Imported by Organic Vintages, Somers, New York. Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie 2006, $13.

Muscadet is made from a grape called melon de Bourgogne, which produces lean, minerally and slightly salty whites. Another crisp white to consider is a dry, citrusy and spicy furmint from Hungary ...

"Muscadet is the wine that you order if you don't like your date," Richard said, just before I poured him a glass.

It says something of a grape’s character that what is most obvious about it is what is missing. Take the grape of Muscadet — melon de Bourgogne — as a prime example.

Muscadet is known as a fine wine around the world, but in France, a Muscadet is also a boat design that continues to inspire fierce loyalty among its owners in the racing and cruising circuit.