2016 Francois Pinon Vouvray Cuvee 'Le 16' Loire, France Bordeaux Purchased in 2017 by Trisha

Purchased in 2017 by Trisha Savage

whereby all botrytised grapes are eschewed

The wine has a smoky

Kaikomagatake

in the Valle D’Aosta

2016 Francois Pinon Vouvray Cuvee 'Le 16' Loire, France Bordeaux Purchased in 2017 by Trisha100% Chenin Blanc. Pinon selects 0. 6 hectare's worth of its flatter, more clay forward parcels for its sec bottling (their flintier silex soils would render the dry wine too aggressively austere). The wine is grown and made identically to the other still white Vouvrays. The vines average 40 years old and have been certified organic since 2007. The fruit is harvested by hand, rigorously sorted and whole cluster pressed. The juice flows by gravity into