Domaine Le Briseau Patapon Rouge 2020
Product details
| Management number | 253563415 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$14.00 | Model Number | 253563415 | ||
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Patapon Rouge is 100% Pineau d'Aunis sourced from organically and biodynamically farmed vines in Marçon, within the Jasnières and Coteaux-du-Loir zone of northern Touraine. The vines grow in clay and silica soils over a subsoil of Turonian limestone so dense with embedded flint it shatters the tools used to work it — the source of the domaine's name, "Le Briseau." The wine is declassified to Vin de France because the biodynamic farming methods do not conform to AOC regulations.
Grapes are hand-harvested in small boxes and foot-trodden whole or partially destemmed depending on the vintage. Spontaneous semi-carbonic maceration runs for approximately three weeks in vats, followed by pressing and completion of fermentation in vessel. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered with a minimal sulfur addition of around 2g/hL.
In the glass, Patapon Rouge is a pale, translucent ruby. The nose leads with tart red cherry, wild strawberry, black pepper, and anise — the hallmark aromatics of Pineau d'Aunis. The palate is light-bodied with searing acidity, soft tannins, and a flinty, mineral-driven finish with a hint of garrigue. Patapon is the name of a clown character from a French children's nursery rhyme, and the label carries the motto "Vigneron Non Conforme."
Nathalie Gaubicher now runs the domaine with the help of a full-time vineyard worker and returns for pruning, harvest, and vinification. The wine is imported in the United States by Louis Dressner Selections.
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