A surprising nose—you don’t immediately recognize the Grolleau—with notes of fresh cherry and a hint of leather. Smooth on the palate with very fine tannins; it goes down easily, but the aromas are definitely there! We love it—and even more so at this friendly price!
Ingredients and nutrition facts- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Vin de France
- Bottled by
- Earl Abile
- Colour
- Red Wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
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100% Grolleau from old vines farmed organically, planted on a 30-are plot with exposed schist soils. Hand-harvested and vinified naturally: total destemming, three weeks of maceration with a few light punch-downs and one pump-over. Gentle pressing, aged in fiberglass tanks for 6 months. Bottled on April 9, 2026, without fining or filtration, using only a micro-dose of sulfur (2 g/hl).
Sandrine & Manu Thuret
Sandrine and Manu Thuret, partners in life as in the vines, founded their little estate Les Indigènes in Passavant-sur-Layon. They had a first life in Paris, she as a restaurant owner, he as a graphic designer and artist (all this after studying ethnology!). Then came years of tasting wines, planning holidays around local winemakers, going to La Dive and buying a fair bit of wine, until they...
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