Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine

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Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée French wine appellation

Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine is a renowned French white wine appellation in the Loire Valley, celebrated for its crisp, mineral-driven wines often made sur lie from the Melon de Bourgogne grape.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie	2
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire	1
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine	1
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine AOC	1
Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine canonical	1
Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine AOC	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9288161 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine
Context triple: [Melon de Bourgogne, notableAppellation, Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine]

A. Sancerre
Sancerre is a renowned French wine appellation in the Loire Valley, best known for its crisp, mineral-driven white wines.
B. Sauternes
Sauternes is a renowned sweet white wine appellation in southwestern France, famous for its botrytized wines made primarily from Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc grapes.
C. Pineau des Charentes
Pineau des Charentes is a French fortified wine-based aperitif from the Charente region, made by blending grape must with Cognac eau-de-vie and aged in oak barrels.
D. Coteaux de Saumur AOC
Coteaux de Saumur AOC is a French wine appellation in the Loire Valley known for its sweet, botrytized Chenin Blanc wines produced on limestone-rich slopes near Saumur.
E. Pineau de la Loire
Pineau de la Loire is a French white wine grape variety better known as Chenin Blanc, prized for its high acidity and versatility in producing styles from dry to sweet and sparkling wines.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine
Target entity description: Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine is a renowned French white wine appellation in the Loire Valley, celebrated for its crisp, mineral-driven wines often made sur lie from the Melon de Bourgogne grape.

A. Sancerre
Sancerre is a renowned French wine appellation in the Loire Valley, best known for its crisp, mineral-driven white wines.
B. Sauternes
Sauternes is a renowned sweet white wine appellation in southwestern France, famous for its botrytized wines made primarily from Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc grapes.
C. Pineau des Charentes
Pineau des Charentes is a French fortified wine-based aperitif from the Charente region, made by blending grape must with Cognac eau-de-vie and aged in oak barrels.
D. Coteaux de Saumur AOC
Coteaux de Saumur AOC is a French wine appellation in the Loire Valley known for its sweet, botrytized Chenin Blanc wines produced on limestone-rich slopes near Saumur.
E. Pineau de la Loire
Pineau de la Loire is a French white wine grape variety better known as Chenin Blanc, prized for its high acidity and versatility in producing styles from dry to sweet and sparkling wines.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée ⓘ French wine appellation ⓘ
agingOnLeesMinimum	often extended to late spring or longer for sur lie ⓘ until at least March 1 following harvest for sur lie ⓘ
authorizedGrapeVariety	Melon de Bourgogne ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
fermentationVessel	typically stainless steel or inert tanks ⓘ
foodPairing	fish dishes ⓘ oysters ⓘ seafood ⓘ shellfish ⓘ
governingBody	INAO ⓘ
grapeRequirement	must be 100% Melon de Bourgogne ⓘ
grapeSynonym	Melon de Bourgogne also known as Melon ⓘ
influencedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
knownFor	age-worthy sur lie bottlings ⓘ freshness ⓘ saline character ⓘ
leesContactEffect	adds complexity ⓘ adds texture ⓘ enhances mouthfeel ⓘ
locatedIn	Loire Valley ⓘ Pays Nantais ⓘ
marketReputation	value-oriented high-quality white wine ⓘ
namedAfter	Maine river ⓘ linked to: Maine (river) Sèvre Nantaise river ⓘ linked to: Sèvre Nantaise
primaryGrapeVariety	Melon de Bourgogne ⓘ
productionType	still wine ⓘ
regionType	cool maritime climate ⓘ
regulation	yields and minimum alcohol defined by AOC rules ⓘ
soilType	gneiss ⓘ granite ⓘ sandstone ⓘ schist ⓘ silica-rich soils ⓘ
subRegionOf	Muscadet ⓘ linked to: Muscadet wines
typicalAlcoholRange	about 11–12.5% ABV ⓘ
typicalProfile	crisp ⓘ high acidity ⓘ light-bodied ⓘ mineral-driven ⓘ
typicalServingTemperature	well chilled ⓘ
vinificationPractice	sur lie aging ⓘ
wineCategory	Loire white wine ⓘ
wineColor	white ⓘ
wineStyle	dry ⓘ

How these facts were elicited