Loire Benchmark:
2023 Pepiere Muscadet de Sevre-et-Maine Clos des Briords

Clos des Briords is one of the most rock-solid and beloved values of French wine.

There's no doubt focusing on the wine's value is myopic. Far beyond its price tag, it needs to be said that Briords has served as a prime example of the heights that Muscadet can reach and how well it can age.

Clos des Briords takes Muscadet close to its Platonic ideal of jagged saline minerality.

All of this goes a long way in explaining why wine lovers of all stripes go deep on each vintage of Briords.

There's a beautiful honesty to Briords. You might find more powerful and richer Muscadets, but Briords is unrivaled when it comes to luminous transparency and cut.

The 2023 Briords is a successful vintage for the wine. It is a racy and vivid vintage. We love the combination of length, pristine clarity, and tightly wound structure. For us, this is probably the best vintage of Briords in the past handful of years. 

The Clos des Briords vineyard contains some of the domaine's oldest vines. The exposition is just about perfect, though what's critical are the complex soils: A deep layer of clay and crumbly granite runs over the hard granite underneath. It's this geology that allows the grapes to ripen slowly, building the complexity and penetrating mineral depth that makes Briords so unique.

Briords is a wine that we love, and it makes us happy to have such a strong vintage on our hands. 

To order, email offers@crushwineco.com or call the store at (212) 980-9463.

Joe Salamone
Wine Buyer
Crush Wine & Spirits

Special 6-pack pricing for a limited time. Use Code: Briords23