Loire Valley
Réserve du Pigeonnier - 2022 - Adrien et Guillaume Pire
Château de Fosse-Sèche
A wine from another world, this vinous UFO boasts a powerful, complex nose of fruit, smoke and mineral notes. The palate is pure finesse and elegance, with great length and extreme complexity. With sensations and mouthfeel all but unique in the Loire, it’s a cuvée of inimitable personality.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Biodynamic wine
- Appellation
- Saumur
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2033
- rock’n’roll
100% Cabernet Franc from 60-year-old vines farmed biodynamically, certified by Biodyvin, and planted on a plateau of flint stone and gravel over slightly clayey soils, allowing the vines to sink very deep roots. A single vineyard selection, with extreme yield reduction to obtain grapes of the very highest quality. Vinification: 20 days of maceration with temperature control, followed by 12 months of aging on lees in egg-shaped concrete vats. Bottled at the Estate at the beginning of September 2023.
Adrien et Guillaume Pire
Guillaume Pire was born in Belgium, he grew up in Madagascar. In 1998, the Pire family bought the Château de Fosse-Sèche. After his studies in Switzerland, including time working at the pioneering Rouvinez estate, Guillaume took over the family estate with his brother Adrien. The vineyards were first established 800 years ago, and the Château dates back to the 13th Century; Fosse-Sèche is made...
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