What does Melon de Bourgogne taste like?

light-bodied with very high acidity; typical aromas are lemon, green apple, saline, neutral.

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Melon de Bourgogne

Q: Is Melon de Bourgogne sweet or dry?

Melon de Bourgogne is usually dry.

Q: What is similar to Melon de Bourgogne?

Picpoul, Albariño, Chablis, Vinho Verde

white grape · also Melon Blanc, Melon Muscadet Sèvre et Maine (sur lie) serve 6–8 °C ages 1–5 years

Melon de Bourgogne is a white grape: light-bodied, very high acidity, usually dry. 21 Melon de Bourgogne wines from £8.60. Typical aromas: lemon, green apple, saline, neutral.

Typical structure · knowledge base

Sweetness

bone dryluscious

dry · 1/5

Body

lightfull

light · 2/5

Acidity

lowhigh

very high · 5/5

Oak

noneheavy

none · 1/5

Alcohol

lowhigh

moderate-low · 2/5

Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.

Is Melon de Bourgogne sweet or dry?

Usually dry.

What goes with it

oysters, mussels, shellfish, fish and chips. the classic oyster wine

Where it grows

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine (sur lie), France — neutral, bone dry, slight spritz from lees

If you like Melon de Bourgogne

Picpoul Albariño Chablis Vinho Verde

21 Melon de Bourgogne wines · ranked by critic score, then price · showing 21

sweetness · body on 1–5 · inferred

Wine	Vintage	Style	Score	From
Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre et Maine Briords 2025 Domaine de la Pepiere · Loire	2025	Crisp, dry whites	94	£18.52
Jean Baptiste Hardy Eclats 2024 Jean Baptiste Hardy · Loire	2024	Crisp, dry whites	93	£19.55
Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre et Maine Clisson 2023 Domaine de la Pepiere · Loire	2023	Aromatic whites	93	£21.22
Jean Baptiste Hardy Muscadet Fief de Chaintre 2023 Jean Baptiste Hardy · Loire	2023	Crisp, dry whites	93	£22.94
Jean Baptiste Hardy Muscadet Fief de Chaintre 2024 Jean Baptiste Hardy · Loire	2024	Crisp, dry whites	93	£22.94
Jean Baptiste Hardy Muscadet Clos de Lozangere 2023 Jean Baptiste Hardy · Loire	2023	Crisp, dry whites	93	£24.53
Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie 2025 Domaine de la Pepiere · Loire	2025	Crisp, dry whites	92	£11.00
Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie Les Gras Moutons 2023 Domaine de la Pepiere · Loire	2023	Crisp, dry whites	92	£13.60
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie, Domaine Le Fief de la Brie - Half 2024 Domaine Fief de la Brie · Loire	2024	Crisp, dry whites	—	£8.60
Muscadet, Selection Pierre Chainier	NV	Crisp, dry whites	—	£12.50
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie, Tradition, Domaine Girard 2025 Domaine Girard · Loire	2025	Crisp, dry whites	—	£13.20
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie, Domaine de la Chauvinière 2025 Jéremie Huchet · Loire	2025	Crisp, dry whites	—	£13.50
Muscadet Coteaux de La Loire Sur Lie 'Escapades' 2021 Chateau de l’Aujardiere · Loire	2021	Crisp, dry whites	—	£13.95
Muscadet Sévre et Maine Sur Lie ‘Chateau du Cléray’, Domaine Sauvion	NV	Aromatic whites	—	£13.95
Domaine des Herbauges, Muscadet Sur Lie Côtes de Grandlieu, La Roche Blanche 2025 Domaine des Herbauges · Loire	2025	Crisp, dry whites	—	£14.90
Muscadet Menard-Gaborit Pour l’Histoire	NV	Crisp, dry whites	—	£18.00
Domaine Les Hauts Pémions, Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine sur Lie 2024 Domaine Les Hauts Pémions · Loire	2024	Crisp, dry whites	—	£19.90
Château-Thébaud Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine, Huchet & Mourat (organic) 2022 Jéremie Huchet · Loire	2022	Crisp, dry whites	—	£23.50
Château-Thébaud Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine, Huchet & Mourat 2020 (organic) 2020 Jéremie Huchet · Loire	2020	Crisp, dry whites	—	£35.00
Miss Terre Domaine de la Senechaliere 2022	2022	Crisp, dry whites	—	£35.00
Muscadet Clos de Noelles Excelsior Luneau-Papin 2021 Domaine Pierre Luneau-Papin · Loire	2021	Crisp, dry whites	—	£52.00