Puech Redon "Apparente" Blanc 2023

Puech Redon "Apparente" Blanc 2023Cyril Cuche lives off the beaten path in the Languedoc on a massive property that used to supply wheat to a large scale bread baker. Over the last couple decades Cuche has been renting off the wheat fields and has shifted his attention to planting and maintaining about 45 hectares of vines ranging in age from 5 30 years old. His winery, Chateau Puech Redon has been producing natural wines under the consult of the one and only Eric Texier for a few

the nose is vibrant and alive with white flowers

closer to the mountains

a white grape whose name means 'cat balls' in local Piemontese dialect

and they are easily some of the best examples of Greek island wine

Notes from Evan Lewandowski:

Founded in 1995

the oldest grape variety mentioned in recorded history

Pedro’s family produced small quantities of wine for their own consumption and sold their wine in garrafones - 20-liter glass containers - to local cantinas

The blend of Viognier

Umami and savory complexity with resolved tannins

Palhete or Palheto wines are similar in style to Spain’s Clarete's

There's three days of skin maceration but it's not an orange wine by any stretch