By Christelle Zamora. Over the past few years, Simon and Piers, both avid musicians, have toured all over Europe and Asia with their rock group.
After the concert, they fill their glasses withโnaturallyโmuscadet. At the end of an exhausting tour, Simon promised he would cross the Channel to visit his girlfriend in England. However, she instead opted to travel to the Loire estuary to sample oysters and muscadet. The young man was a bit taken aback that his girlfriend, a literature student with Japanese origins, liked muscadet, which features citrus and green apple aromas. Both the British and Dutch are die-hard fans of these refreshing wines, and most of his compatriots are familiar with the traditional pairing of oysters and muscadet.
During his tour, Simon met with young wine aficionados in Germany. Sporting beards and moustaches, these thirty-somethings were on the hunt for fine muscadet vintages. Simon enjoyed the refreshing and slightly bitter wine. A bottle of muscadet is like a musician who knows how to make his guitar weep. Experience, reminiscence, and staying power come through in both the wine and music, not to mention a soft touch and a certain level of tension.
Muscadet steals the show The two musicians pick up their instruments and start to jam. Simon pauses to think. In his mind, there's nothing better. There are three types he likes the most, thoughโClisson, Gorges, and Pallet. Freshly inspired, Piers begins to play again. Simon smiles. In a way, they aren't unlike their own guitar riffs.
The three vintages Simon mentioned have three different profilesโpowerful, long-lasting, and creamy. The two musicians burst out laughing and clink glasses. The wines have their own kind of melody thanks to the magic of style and origin. In the end, the evolution of muscadet is easy to understand. You start off at a small venue, in the same way you would enjoy a glass of muscadet with your friends at a bar.
