Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 modified_title_tag It's a quietly serious white

It's a quietly serious white from a region that doesn't get nearly enough attention stateside

or anything fresh from the garden

very little poking and prodding

Sip it neat and don't be in a hurry

The Houillères lieu-dit in Chassagne-Montrachet yields wines of structure and depth

Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 modified_title_tag It's a quietly serious whitePineau d'Aunis nearly disappeared. It was once planted all over the Loire, then got ripped out in favor of grapes that ripened more reliably and sold more easily, and today only a handful of growers still bother. Domaine Tardieux Gal, in the village of Thesee in the Touraine, is one of them, farming organically on clay limestone and vinifying with native yeasts, a short ten day maceration and six months in steel, so nothing gets between you and the