Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 SO051726 Breuer made from old vines averaging

made from old vines averaging well over 50 years

Cellar it if you can

a reference to the parcels the Pasanau family planted in 2000

From vines planted in 1960-1961 on steep east-facing slopes

Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 SO051726 Breuer made from old vines averagingPineau d'Aunis nearly disappeared. It was once planted all over the Loire, then got ripped out in favor of grapes that ripened more reliably and sold more easily, and today only a handful of growers still bother. Domaine Tardieux Gal, in the village of Thesee in the Touraine, is one of them, farming organically on clay limestone and vinifying with native yeasts, a short ten day maceration and six months in steel, so nothing gets between you and the