Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 ROSSCELLAR ageworthy expression of central Tuscany

ageworthy expression of central Tuscany

Le Cran is grower Raphael Bereche's single-vintage statement: a 50/50 blend of old-vine Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from two plots in his Premier Cru home village of Ludes on the Montagne de Reims

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10 months in French oak and then cement

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Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 ROSSCELLAR ageworthy expression of central TuscanyPineau d'Aunis nearly disappeared. It was once planted all over the Loire, then got ripped out in favor of grapes that ripened more reliably and sold more easily, and today only a handful of growers still bother. Domaine Tardieux Gal, in the village of Thesee in the Touraine, is one of them, farming organically on clay limestone and vinifying with native yeasts, a short ten day maceration and six months in steel, so nothing gets between you and the