Francois et Julien Pinon Vouvray Sec 2022

Francois et Julien Pinon Vouvray Sec 2022The Pinon domaine has been making some of the finest Chenin Blanc from Vouvray since 1786. Franois Pinon took over the family domaine in 1987, converting the estate to certified organic viticulture in 2007. He unfortunately passes earlier this year, and his son Julien, who had been working along side his father for several years, has taken the reins, continuing his father focus on farming and age worthy winemaking. The Vouvray Sec comes from a small

where everything is done by hand

Jerome Bourgeois-Diaz took over his family's vines in the early 2000s and began making wines from their grapes for the first time -- they had always sold the fruit to the local cooperative

but there is a good dose of Meyer lemon and winter citrus in there to lift it up and give it some Vitamin C

complex and so satisfying

he was a high-school dropout who had just been working harvests at Tue-Boeuf

black cherry

Fermented and aged in concrete with a mere 10ppm of sulfur added

bottling flor-aged and biologically aged wines from vines of Palomino

the crown jewel of Corsican wine production

"Rey Perico" is Pet Nat made with Moscatel and Torontel harvested from a 60 year old vineyard in Alto Magdalena (next to the Carignan "Hombre en llamas" vineyard)

This Oloroso is selected from barrels that average over 10 years old

Aging: about 2 years in American oak casks