2022 Domaine Les Grandes Vignes Le P'tit Vaillant, Loire, Vin de France Paolucci The must was initially pigeaged

The must was initially pigeaged once a day prior to fermentation

(Base 2020)

and monitoring are required to extract these old wine complexities hidden in the casks

concentrated juicy peach

The wine is also aged in concrete--hence the very literal name--for 6-7 months and bottled without fining

2022 Domaine Les Grandes Vignes Le P'tit Vaillant, Loire, Vin de France Paolucci The must was initially pigeaged60% Groslot and 40% Cabernet Franc grown on clay soil. Grapes were hand harvested, fermented with wild yeasts and aged in underground ceramic vats. Bottled unfined, unfiltered with no SO2. Since the XVII century, located in the village of Thouarce in Anjou, the Vaillant family has passed on farmland from generations to generations. For the last ten years, sister and brothers have cultivated the estate using the biodynamic principles. The goal is to