The Chon family has been making wine in Muscadet since 1670. While most people in America have to consult a DNA test to know what their family was doing thirteen generations ago, Marine Chon and Arnaud Madec-Chon have only to look out the window to their vineyards. Today, the family farms about 70 hectares of vines in and around the city of Nantes, and they make some of the purest, cleanest-cut Muscadet available, and offer the most deliciousness per dime we are aware of remaining in the Loire river region. Les Salines means the salt pans, in honor of the Pay Nantais’ other historically important industry, salt production. Throughout much of the middle ages and Renaissance, France’s near monopoly on Europe’s supply of salt was one of the unsung cornerstones of the country’s wealth, and much of that salt came from the area where the Loire meets the sea. There is a salty lilt to the wine too, alongside aromas of meyer lemon, tangerine zest, peach pit, yellow rose and flint. The palate features fleshy pears and apples, minerals, and plenty of salines that lingers through the crisp and crunchy finish. Shellfish are an easy choice for this one, but not the only choice.