Domaine Lionnet Vin de France 'Rien Que du Carignan' 2021

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Domaine Lionnet Vin de France 'Rien Que du Carignan' 2021Just as his friend Guillaume Gilles stepped outside his home zone in recent years to bottle a Gamay, Ludovic recently gained access to a friends parcel of 95 year old Carignan in the schist of Saint Chinian, in the Languedoc, bottling it for the first time with the 2021 harvest and christening it Rien Que du Carignan (Nothing But Carignan). They produce only about 11 hectoliters of winefermented naturally and aged in a combination of used demi muid

The vines are trained in a special way on pergola (known as “tupin” in local dialect) to obtain maximum exposure to the sun in this high altitude district and are planted to soils that are dominated by slate

possessed of a certain “x-factor” that sets it apart from its brethren—something akin to charisma in humans

with spicy

“Les Foux” is a méthode traditionnelle sparkling rosé comprised of 100% Cabernet Franc from 30-year-old vines surrounding their 16th century chateau in the village of Thouars

With electrifying acidity and a complexity-contributing edge of woodsmoke

The vineyards border the Layon river and are often swathed in an early morning fog

a cuvée drawn from grapes harvested from old vines in the “La Landonne” lieu-dit

and it presents in a more piercing and saline manner than in Larmandier’s Brut wines

Comprising 75% steel-tank-raised fruit from these Joncquières holdings and 25% de-classified Châteauneuf-du-Pape vinified and aged in cement

or it can shine on its own as a thought-provoker

The Turo d’En Moto is then aged for at least 120 months before the first disgorgement

An entrancing wine that is round but mineral to its core

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