Les Charmes Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie 2009

During my SWEN2 course I once was fooled by the name of a certain wine. I mistook the word "muscadet" for "muscat" which is an entirely different type of wine. Muscadet wines are very dry and muscat wines usually are sweet. So now I'm "punishing" myself by tasting two muscadet wines for learning purposes. This one I bought at the MITRA for €5,99 alcoholpercentage is 12%. The sole grape variety is "melon de Bourgogne", also known as plain "melon" or "muscadet". After the fermentation the most ripens "sur lie", its own dead yeast cells, before it is bottled. This should result in more freshness, because of less contact with oxygen. It's light yellow in the glass. Slightly aromatic, certainly no scent bomb. Aromas of lemon and light sweet yellow apples. The acidity is much lower than in my recollection, but it's far from being chubby. It's not really mouthwatering, my salivary glands remain inactive thus making this wine less suitable as an aperitive. Maybe I've kept it in my cellar for too long, but in my view this is a very neutral wine with no striking characteristics.