Fruit
Earth
Acid
Body
Tannins
Notes from Louis/Dressner:
"Patapon is made within the Coteaux du Loir appellation but is intentionally declassified to Vin de France. The Patapon is Domaine Le Briseau's logo and mascot, a mischievous, grinning, clown figure who appears on this wine's label. His motto is "Vigneron Non Conforme" or "Non Conforming Vigneron."
Country
France
Sub-Region
Vin de France
Region
Loire
Varieties
Pineau d'Aunis
Farming
Organic
Soil
Clay and silica over limestone
Winemaking
Maceration and proportions of whole-cluster vs destemming vary each vintage depending on the sanitary state of the grapes. The grapes are foot-trodden before going into maceration vats. A semi-carbonic maceration lasts one to three weeks. The grapes are then pressed and age about 10 months in vat until bottling. Besides pressing the grapes, no interventions are done until bottling. A small amount of S02, two grams per hectoliter, is added at bottling.