Loire Valley
Warning: once you’ve tasted this wine, it will be haunting you for years. A nose of dried strawberry, rosebud, pepper, and liquorice... A rich and eminently aromatic palate, with a pulpy mouthfeel, crisp tannins, and a long finish with a hint of mint.
100% Pineau d'Aunis, from vines aged between 10 and 50 years old, cultivated biodynamically and planted on 14 plots spread over the communes of Lhomme, Chahaignes and Marçon, for a total of 3.7 hectares. Harvesting is done by hand with crates. Alcoholic fermentation is done in vats with punching down of the cap, followed by natural malolactic fermentation in recently acquired barrels and 12 months of maturation on the fine lees in barrels. Bottled at the estate with a very light dose of sulphites in November 2021.
Éric and Christine Nicolas, one the great ambassadors of the wines of the Loire today, and not just for the quality of their luscious cuvées of such masterfully balanced sweetness. The couple founded their estate from scratch in 1995, first renovating an old farmhouse and then cobbling together piece by piece some twenty hectares of vines across five communes. After embracing organic...
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