Francois Pinon Vouvray Petillant Brut
Bottle Size: 750 mL
Region: France
Though the Pinon family makes both a Brut and a Non-Dosé bottling of Vouvray Pétillant, and the wines hail from the same forty-five year-old vineyards, they are not from the same base wine. The Brut bottling, which is going to receive a dosage, is produced from earlier picked grapes, while the Non-Dosé cuvée’s grapes are picked a bit later. Their Vouvray Brut was finished with a dosage of six grams per liter and delivers a superb nose of quince, chalky soil tones, lanolin, a bit of bread dough and a gently smoky top note. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and still quite dry in profile, with a lovely core and soil signature, elegant mousse and a long, complex and very well-balanced finish. Fine juice that will age very well indeed and will be even better three to five years down the road.
Great example of classic Vouvray sparkling. Rides the line between dry and off-dry.
*Natural and Organic
