Les Vignes de l'Ange Vin, Regard 2022

Les Vignes de l'Ange Vin is the domain of legendary natural winemaker, artist and eccentric Jean-Pierre Robinot. After opening one of the first bars dedicated to natural wine in Paris, he returned to his home of Loire and took over steep hillside plots across appellations Jasnières and the Coteaux-du-Loir. Planted over a combination of limestone, red clay and flinty, silica-rich soils, the vines are tended to by hand using natural herbicides made from surrounding nettles and ferns. Vinification follows this gentle practise with grapes pressed slowly using no additional sulphites or preservatives. Regard 22 is 100% Pineau d'Aunis from vines up to 90 years old. After pressing, grapes undergo spontaneous fermentation in barrels with indigenous yeasts before ageing for 18 months in used oak. Fresh and juicy with a classic Pineau d'Aunis white pepper nose and volatile tartness like biting into raw and fermenting cranberries. Some earthy notes of moss and blackcurrant wood also come through, transporting you to a recently rained upon woodland. Les Vignes de l'Ange Vin - Regard 22 would pair well with crispy duck pancakes.