Last night, just returned from a brief outing to the Florida Keys, we settled on a takeout roast chicken for dinner. With that, Jean opened a bottle of:
2009 Domaine de la Pepiere Cuvée Granit (VdP de Loire-Atlantique) nose: bright red fruit, juicy, minerality palate: light body, bright acidity, slightly tannic, red fruit
Our first encounter with the red wine made at Domaine de la Pepiere by Marc Ollivier. This wine is majority Cab Franc with some Côt (Malbec) and Merlot thrown in and most likely vinified with carbonic maceration to give it a Gamay-like freshness and brightness. Altogether fun but probably for near-term consumption. About $12 retail.
Mark Lipton