The 2015 vintage was exceptional across Tuscany—warm enough for full ripeness
Loire Valley Cabernet Franc from 35–40-year-old vines on clay-limestone in the shadow of a 15th-century church steeple
founded in 1936 and still family-owned by Thompson Willett's grandchildren
The palate is creamy with heaps of brown sugar
The harvest takes place between November and January
Domaine de la Pepiere Muscadet Sevre-et Maine La Pepie 2024 Wine Bar | Featured White The 2015 vintage was exceptionalThe everyday joy in the Ppire lineup. La Ppie is sourced primarily from granite soils with a slice of gneiss in the Svre et Maine heartland, made by Rmi Branger and Gwnalle Croix in the style established by Marc Ollivier over three decades. Native yeast fermentation, sur lie aging, no fuss. The 2024 is a fresh out of the Atlantic kind of Muscadet: zesty, salty, ringing with citrus, the wine to drink by the bottle, not the glass. Cold, with shellfish,