Vaillant Les Grandes Vignes Pineau D'Aunis 2021 no-wrapin

Vaillant Les Grandes Vignes Pineau D'Aunis 2021 no-wrapinThis biodynamic farm of 55ha in Anjou, Domaine Les Grandes Vignes, makes straightforward but delicious iterations of many of the great Loire varieties to be found in Bellevigne sur Layon, where the domaine is located. This Pineau d'Aunis is a great representation of a rare Loire red variety: lighter bodied, with woodsy red fruits and a notable pencil lead minerality on both nose and palate (it's an unmistakeable signature of this grape). Great pairing

Old Fashioned bitters blend traditional aromatics like gentian root

his playful entry-level wines have the same purity and clarity as the rest of his range

A great representation of how aromatic wines aren't necessarily massive in body nor sticky in texture

in the producers' own words

" - HuffPost

smoky and spicy

made from 50 to 100 year-old vines and fermented with wild yeasts in huge concrete tanks

(It's is surrounded entirely by the woods

Organized into five sections--Kitchen

exuberant macerated white wine that's meant to unfurl in the glass over a good length of time

temperature-controlled

raw veggies