Muscadet is produced in 4 wine terroirs around the city of Nantes, in the West of the Loire Valley. The Muscadet Sèvre et Maine is the most important and the best of them.
In the Muscadet region, wine makers use to leave the grape juice to rest during winter before putting the wine in bottle.
Muscadet is a dry white wine that is a fine companion to shellfish.
The quality of Muscadet varies very much from one winery to another.
Muscadet wine information :
| Name: | Appellation Muscadet Controlée |
| Location: | Around the city of Nantes, from Ancenis to the Atlantic coast |
| Places: | Vallet, La Haye Fouassière, Le Landreau, Mouzillon, La Chapelle Heulin, Château Thébaud, Maisdon sur Sèvre, Le Landreau, Saint Philbert de Grand Lieu |
| Soil: | Granite |
| Size: | 12,500 ha (30,900 acres) |
| Production: | almost 100 million bottles |
| Grapes: | Melon (or Muscadet) |
| Type of wines: | Dry white wine also sweet white wine |
| Age: | Drink now and up to 2 years |
| Vintages: (recommended) | 2005 |
| Aromas: | White flowers |
| Food: | Oysters |
