Vintage: 2020
Varietals: Gamay & ? (Blend changes every vintage)
Farming: Organic, Unfined/Unfiltered, Low added SO2
Showing the ripeness and balance of this good vintage in the Loire Valley, shows plenty of dark berry fruit and spice. Quite refreshing with good length of lush berry fruits and citrusy acids in the finish. Excellent at the table with a slight chill.
The wine's "Un Poil Dur..." tag line extends the canine pun. It literally translates to "A hard hair" but is slang for "rough around the edges."
Whole-cluster, 15 day maceration. Fermented in tronconic wooden vats and aged six months in barrels. Pierre-O tries to bottle this with without the addition of S02 (2018, 2019, 2020) but is not averse to adding 15 mg per liter before bottling if deemed necessary.