This 100% Pineau d’Aunis wine was grown on vines planted in 1920. The nose is delightfully floral, white flowers with a pinch of white pepper. The palate is pleasant, with good minerality, tart cherry and red currants, and white pepper. Smoke and pencil lead show on the mid-palate and the
Pineau d’Aunis aromas are dominant with pencil lead, cherry, smoke, and some lavender in the background. There is a very good acid to tannin balance. Tart cherries with pencil lead and a background of raspberry on the attack, tobacco and blackcurrant on the mid-palate. Flint underlies the wine from attack
The nose offers up pleasant and mild aromas of dark fruits, boysenberry, with a few blueberries and blackberries to round it out, all with a background of biscotti in cream. The palate is a bit rougher in comparison, more disjointed and less subtle. It has big, sweet flavors of boysenberry
Clear, medium intensity maroon red in color. Clean nose with medium intensity aromas including rendered bacon, dried figs, prune, violets, barbeque pork, licorice, cola, all intermingled in a soft perfume. Dry on the palate with medium tannin, medium-low acidity, and medium body. Flavors of prune, cooked black fruit, boysenberry, spiced
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This is still a very young wine, softening and adding layers hours after popping the cork. Decant this with lead time and enthusiastic splashing. Otherwise, it will disappoint when first opened, showing a tart to the point of puckering, tannic enough to make the mouth an arid desert. Three hours
Clear, medium intensity maroon red in color. Clean nose with medium intensity aromas including rendered bacon, dried figs, prune, violets, barbeque pork, licorice, cola, all intermingled in a soft perfume. Dry on the palate with medium tannin, medium-low acidity, and medium body. Flavors of prune, cooked black fruit, boysenberry, spiced
Interesting nose showing apples with a light background of wood smoke. Baked pear with a lemon background lead on the attack. The Pineau d’Aunis makes its presence known on the mid-palate, with pencil lead and wood smoke. It is full-bodied with a mid-length finish. Acids are quite bright. Drink with