Pineau d’Aunis
Pineau d’Aunis
Domaine des Corbillières 2025 Touraine Rosé
French Rosé
$34.99
A Pinot Noir-led Touraine rosé with Cabernet Franc, fresh red fruit and a lightly peppery edge. Pale, dry and savoury, it suits charcuterie, grilled food or summer pizza.
Laurent Saillard 2022 Ça Se Discute
French Red
$49.99
Fresh, fruity and juicy, with a light peppery thread that is fully integrated. Pineau d’Aunis from certified-organic, biodynamically farmed vines is used. The grapes undergo six days of whole-cluster maceration and mature in fibre tanks, with no sulphur added. The wine is classified as Vin de France, comes from the Loire Valley and has twelve percent alcohol.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2020 Tutti Frutti Rosé
French Rosé
$47.99
An experimental field blend brings together Gamay, Pineau d’Aunis, Chenin, Menu Pineau and Meslier. The grapes come from a 0.3-hectare parcel on flint clay and are purchased from organic growers. The vines are ninety years old, and the reported yield is twenty-five hectolitres per hectare. Fermentation and ageing last eight months in a Burgundy barrel.
Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme 2020 La Tesnière Pineau d’Aunis
French Red
$54.99
Cranberry, cherry, damp forest floor, clove and pepper accompany a pale, glossy red with juicy fruit, fine tannins and a mineral finish. Pineau d’Aunis comes from vines averaging twenty-five years on flint and clay soils. Semi-carbonic maceration lasts thirteen days in wooden vats. Native-yeast fermentation runs for two months, followed by six months in used 228-litre barrels. The wine is bottled unfiltered.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2022 Pineau d’Aunis
French Red
$56.99
Raspberry, flowers and white pepper shape this light Loire red. Pineau d’Aunis comes from organically tended, hand-harvested vines that are about a century old. The wine spends six months in old barrels and is bottled without added sulphur. Translucent ruby colour, cranberry and blood-orange acidity, green-olive character and a peppery rocket note are also present.