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He works with a light touch: hand-harvesting
so the ripe fruit keeps every bit of its natural verve and energy
New oak is capped at 15%
The tannins are ripe and well integrated with a nice gritty texture making this a gorgeous southern style claret suitable for drinking over the next 3-5 years
The result is joyful
Domaine de Belliviere (Eric Nicolas) Coteaux du Loire Rouge-Gorge 2022 051826OFFER He works with a lightOne of the world's definitive expressions of Pineau d'Aunis, the Loir valley's great local red grape. It can look delicate in the glass and then arrive with wild strawberry, flowers, herbs and a burst of cracked black pepper. This is the Loir no 'e', a tributary north of Tours where a catastrophic frost in 1956 wiped out most of the vineyards and many were never replanted; Eric and Christine Nicolas came from outside the wine world in the 1990s,
