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DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Pavillon 2021

Score : 88

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Pavillon 2020

Score : 90

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Pavillon 2019

Score : 88

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Pavillon 2018

Editor’s Note : Tight with acidity and taut lemon-zest flavors, this wine is produced from a single parcel of 40-year-old vines. Ripe while really crisp, it’s ready to drink. ROGER VOSS

Score : 88

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Pavillon 2017

Editor’s Note : Ripe yellow and crisp apple flavors give this wine a rich character. Produced from selected parcels of vines, it has plenty of fruit notes, a juicy character and a touch of pepper and spice.  — R.V.  (9/1/2018)

Score : 88

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Pavillon 2016

Editor’s Note : From 40-year-old vines in a single vineyard, this rich wine is dense, aromatic and packed with concentrated fruit. Its citrus and crisp texture is balanced by the ripe green-plum and apple flavors. Drink this fine wine now.  — R.V.  (12/1/2017)

Score : 90

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Pavillon 2015

Editor’s Note : Bright and tangy, this is a crisp, tight and mineral wine. It is fruity with pear and lime fruits that are caught up in the tangy texture and tense acidity. This is a wine that could age a while more, so drink from 2017. — R.V. (9/1/2016)

Score : 88

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Pavillon 2014

Editor’s Note : This is a crisp and deliciously tangy wine from a single parcel. Full of lemon and fresh apple flavors, it is bright with acidity. Produced from vines over 35 years old, it has a good concentration of fruit and ripeness. Drink from 2016.  — R.V.  (11/1/2015)

Score : 88

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Pavillon 2013

Editor’s Note : The wine is fruity while still being closed up and tight. That allows for hints of the apple flavors to come through while still retaining a nervy, steely character. Drink from 2016. — R.V. (6/1/2015)

Score : 85

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes Signature du Haut Bourg 2015

Score : 91

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes Signature du Haut Bourg 2014

Score : 90

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes Signature du Haut Bourg 2013

Editor’s Note : Made from old vines and aged for over four years on its lees, this wine is rich and spicy, with a ripe, smooth and creamy texture. Full and intense with quince and peach flavors, it is ready to drink. — R.V.

Score : 90

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes Signature du Haut Bourg 2012

Editor’s Note : From old vines and only produced in the best years, this is a wine that is mature while preserving a crisp, tight character. It has some toastiness as well as melon and apple fruits. Concentrated and with fine acidity, it is ready to drink. — R.V.  (9/1/2016)

Score : 90

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Signature du Haut Bourg 2010

Editor’s Note : Granite and schist soil planted with old vines has produced this impressive wine. It is softer than it probably was when younger, although it has not lost one bit of its fresh crisp fruitiness and perfumes. The wine is concentrated, rich and is ready to drink. — R.V. (11/1/2015)

Score : 91

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Signature 2009

Editor’s Note : This is an immediately attractive and fruity wine. Bright acidity is rounded out by warm peach and pear flavors, with a mineral texture that will allow the wine to age. Drink now for the fruit, but it will be at its best from 2016.  — R.V.  (6/1/2015)

Score : 89

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Origine du Haut Bourg 2010

Score : 91

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Origine du Haut Bourg 2009

Editor’s Note : Even at nine years old, this wine is only just mature. It still has citrus fruit flavors and a crisp texture. At the same time it offers rich spice, pepper and a toasty character that is cut with citrus acidity. Kept in an underground tank until bottling in December 2017, it is a great example of the aging ability of fine Muscadet. — R.V.

Score : 93

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Origine du Haut Bourg 2012

Editor’s Note : Aged for five years in large subterranean tanks, this wine is rich and intensely concentrated. It has the essence of lemon and peach fruits, cut with acidity and spicy secondary flavors. The wine is impressively ripe and ready to drink. — R.V.

Score : 92

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Sur Lie Origine du Haut Bourg 2006

Editor’s Note : Aged for 10 years in underground tanks on its lees, this wine has just been bottled. That aging process has preserved the wine’s freshness, keeping the crisp acidity in place. So while the wine is beautifully mature, it is still so bright and fruity. Drink now. — R.V.  (9/1/2016)

Score : 92

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Origine du Haut Bourg 2005

Editor’s Note : Kept in tank for 10 years, this rich, full wine proves that Muscadet can age. It has preserved all its freshness and added ripe yellow fruits and a surprisingly opulent character. The wine still has a tang and lemon crispness, full of flavor. It is a wine for food with its final mineral aftertaste. — R.V.  (11/1/2015)

Score : 90

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu Origine du Haut Bourg 2003

Editor’s Note : Aged for 10 years on its lees, this impressively complex wine shows that Muscadet can age. It is ripe, toasty, spicy and with a rich concentrated texture. It’s a special, unusual style of wine that is now fully mature and should be drunk.  — R.V.  (6/1/2015)

Score : 91

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu La Désirée 2020

Score : 90

DOMAINE DU HAUT BOURG Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu La Désirée 2018

Editor’s Note : A single-parcel wine from a site that is a former schist quarry, this wine has strong minerality as well as ripe apple and lemon flavors. The wine’s texture could allow it to age, so wait to drink until late 2019. ROGER VOSS

Score : 90