2023 Maison Jaune Le Pineau D'aunis, Loire, France Vindiou 25% to 40% reserve wine

25% to 40% reserve wine depending on the year blended in by solera

while the palate carries a distinctive waxy sappiness that revels in luscious flavors of star fruit

About half the harvest is macerated a few days on the skins during fermentation

and Unoperuno are all relatively new wines compared to Barolo classico and Arborina

2019 Dolde Alte Reben Silvaner Wurttemberg

2023 Maison Jaune Le Pineau D'aunis, Loire, France Vindiou 25% to 40% reserve wineFrom Jean Claude and Lorine Taddeis tiny, biodynamically farmed estate in Bouchemaine, Le Pineau dAunis comes from organically tended parcels on shallow schist and sandstonesoils that accentuate the grapes peppery, high toned profile. Hand harvested fruit is vinified with native yeasts, partial whole cluster inclusion, and gentle infusion style extraction, then aged in neutral vessels.