Vouvray Sec "Buvez du Bon Pinon"

2020
Pinon, Domaine François et Julien
France
Loire

100% Chenin Blanc. This 2020 "Buvez du Bon Pinon" is a very special release from Julien Pinon, in honor of the preceding generations of the family. His great grandfather Camille planted the vines for "Bon Pinon" in 1945 on silex noir or "black flint" soils unique to their tiny corner of Vouvray, the northerly Vallée de Cousse. Fermentation and aging took place in the oldest wood in the cellar: port wine barrels bought by Julien's grandfather Claude.The striking label is the original from Camille's release back in the early 1950's. 

Like all Pinon vines, this parcel is certified-organic and worked and harvested by hand. The bunches were direct-pressed and the must moved by gravity into tank. The spontaneous fermentation in the old port barrels was long and slow in the cold cellar. The wine was aged on its lees for a year in the same barrels. It is a sec style with 7 grams of residual sugar per liter (along with 4.7 grams of acidity). 

90 points
"Hailing from a black flint-rich parcel, this is the renaissance of a cuvée that Julien Pinon's great grandfather, Camille, once produced. The 2020 Buvez du Bon Pinon is soft with a round middle and is easy to like. It flows across the mouth with a velouté-like texture. This is suave, silken and sashays along. "
Rebecca Gibb,
Vinous Media
June 2022

SKU/Code: 
DB4145-20
Product Line: 
Wine
White
Varietal: 
Chenin Blanc
Farming Type: 
Organic