Muscadet is a French white wine. It is made at the western end of the Loire Valley, near the city of Nantes in the Pays de la Loire region. It is made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape, often referred to simply as melon. While most appellation d'origine contrôlée wines are named after their growing region, or in Alsace after their variety, the name Muscadet refers to an alleged characteristic of the wine produced by the melon grape variety: vin qui a un goût musqué. However, according to wine expert Tom Stevenson, Muscadet wines do not have much, if any, muskiness or Muscat-like flavors or aromas.
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Muscadet is an appellation in Loire, France. Its rules allow Melon de Bourgogne. We track 81 of its wines in stock at 41 shops, from 22 wine houses, from € 8.50; mostly white.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Loire
- Grapes allowed
- Melon de Bourgogne
- In our wines
- Melon de Bourgogne, Chardonnay, Muscadet, Muscat, Pinot Noir
- Styles
- White 77 · Orange 2 · Red 1 · Sparkling 1
- Prices
- from € 8.50 · median € 20.75 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +4.9 °C · 1,996 GDD · 24 % rain |
| 2025 | 17 | € 8.50 | € 15.75 | – | hotdry +1.8 °C · 1,562 GDD · 41 % rain |
| 2024 | 11 | € 9.90 | € 23.00 | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,266 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 2023 | 10 | € 15.25 | € 20.00 | – | hot +2.3 °C · 1,661 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2022 | 8 | € 11.88 | € 22.86 | – | hotdry +2.7 °C · 1,761 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 2021 | 1 | € 43.00 | € 43.00 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,188 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2020 | 2 | € 9.50 | € 18.00 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,313 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,348 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2018 | 1 | € 27.43 | € 27.43 | – | hotdry harvest +1.2 °C · 1,446 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2017 | 1 | € 28.43 | € 28.43 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,327 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,166 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2015 | 1 | € 18.73 | € 18.73 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,137 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,241 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,164 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2012 | 1 | € 26.09 | € 26.09 | – | averagewet −0.3 °C · 1,143 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,268 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.4 °C · 1,088 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,178 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 970 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,062 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.1 °C · 1,420 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 1,338 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,128 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,218 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 940 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,099 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2000 | 1 | € 30.10 | € 30.10 | – | coolwet −0.6 °C · 1,070 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.3 °C · 1,236 GDD · 159 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,131 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,290 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1996 | 1 | € 36.79 | € 36.79 | – | cooldry −0.6 °C · 1,044 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,235 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,242 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,063 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,263 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,320 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.5 °C · 1,506 GDD · 47 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 1,499 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,157 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,208 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,042 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.0 °C · 969 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 950 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,129 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,109 GDD · 109 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Muscadet's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Domaines Landron 8 · Jéremie Huchet 7 · Domaine de la Foliette 4 · Jean-Baptiste Hardy 4 · Domaine de la Pépière 4 · Damien Rineau 4 · Domaine de l'Ecu 3 · Domaine Bonnet-Huteau 3 · Chateau DU Coing 3 · Château de l'Hyverniere 2 · Romain Petiteau 1 · 31241 Domaine de la Potardiere 1 · Vieuchai 1 · Chateau de L'Aulnaye 1 · Clos des Orfeuilles 1 · Domaine de la Noe 1