Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 SO051726 Breuer made from old vines averaging

made from old vines averaging well over 50 years

all in service of transparency rather than makeup

This grappa has a beautiful minerality and notes of orange citrus fruit

all laced with violet and a peppery savory edge

Tempranillo matured in oak has mellowed beautifully—drink now while bottles of this age remain available

Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 SO051726 Breuer made from old vines averagingPineau 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