Ariane Lesné, Pineau d'Aunis "Grandgousier", 2019 TheVeryGreatest farming organically and working with

farming organically and working with minimal intervention to highlight the character of their limestone-rich soils

The vineyards are in Falset

herbal edge to it

light tapas

Ariane Lesné, Pineau d'Aunis "Grandgousier", 2019 TheVeryGreatest farming organically and working withAriane Lesn abandoned a life as a Parisian agent to pursue winemaking in the Loire Valley, arriving at Domaine de Montrieux in 2014 to revive a troglodytic estate carved into the banks of the Loire at Naveil. Her mission: to craft natural wines without synthetic inputs, expressing the unique terroirs of Vendmois through the region's endemic grape varietyPineau d'Aunis, a dark, often funky red wine of historic significance. The 'Grandgousier' cuve,