Les Athletes du Vin Pineau d'Aunis 2024 FRFLSH blocked malolactic fermentation

blocked malolactic fermentation

The 2023 is rich

unforced Pinot Noir: dark-fruited

farm a high proportion of old vines here

sun-warmed river terrace that is the best land on the southern side of Crozes-Hermitage

Les Athletes du Vin Pineau d'Aunis 2024 FRFLSH blocked malolactic fermentationPineau d'Aunis tastes like someone ground black pepper over a bowl of raspberries. It is one of the Loire's oldest and least planted red grapes, grown there since the Middle Ages and still farmed by almost nobody, which is exactly why it is worth your attention. Les Athletes du Vin, the negociant project run by the Loire collective Vini Be Good, buys organically farmed fruit from grower friends and bottles this one light, bright and unfussy, with