70% Pineau d'Aunis / 20% Pinot Noir / 10% Cabernet Franc from the Coteaux du Vendômois AOC in the Loire Valley; 50-90 year old vines.
Color is dark purple, lightly translucent.
Nose has freshly ground white & black pepper, black cherry and red rose.
Palate has plum and blackberry, tremendous backbone of white pepper, earth with crunchy minerality, medium bodied and gentle but snappy tannins.
Call me caught off guard by this $16 Loire, smiles delivered!
70% Pineau d'Aunis / 20% Pinot Noir / 10% Cabernet Franc from the Coteaux du Vendômois AOC in the Loire Valley; 50-90 year old vines.
Color is dark purple, lightly translucent.
Nose has freshly ground white & black pepper, black cherry and red rose.
Palate has plum and blackberry, tremendous backbone of white pepper, earth with crunchy minerality, medium bodied and gentle but snappy tannins.
Call me caught off guard by this $16 Loire, smiles delivered!
Mar 29th, 2019
Coteaux Du Vendômois, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
