Louis Metaireau Muscadet Black Label Sur Lie

Muscadet is a place. It lies on the eastern coast of France where the Loire River runs into the Atlantic ocean where two very important things happen: oysters are harvested from the estuary, and grapes of Melon de Bourgogne are cultivated in the hills above. This synergy makes for a pairing to rival peanut butter and jelly. The Metaireau family goes back generations, producing brilliantly mineral and beautifully saline Muscadet for which there is no better use than to wash down a fresh oyster on the half shell.