Les Grandes Vignes, Pineau d'Aunis, 2024 SO012726 Frohlich Rebholz expressive finish

expressive finish

herbal bouquet immediately engages the senses

classic style

now run by a Champagne house

more herbaceous styles elsewhere

Les Grandes Vignes, Pineau d'Aunis, 2024 SO012726 Frohlich Rebholz expressive finishA superb summer sipper that lets committed red wine drinkers keep their glass while everyone else reaches for rose. Pineau d'Aunis is a Loire grape that was once wine geek esoterica and is finally getting its due, prized for a wild signature of ripe red cherry, watermelon rind, and freshly cracked pepper. This one comes from Domaine Les Grandes Vignes, a Vaillant family estate in eastern Anjou, Demeter certified biodynamic since 2008, on complex soils