Jean Pabiot & Fils

2023 Sancerre AOC La Merisière Pinot Noir Rouge

Red Sancerre is already a bit of a fun left turn, and this one makes a very convincing case for seeking it out more often. The nose is basically a bowl of freshly crushed strawberries, with a little raspberry and red cherry tucked in behind, plus the faintest peppery lift. The palate is where it really settles in: juicy red berries, soft tannins, silky texture, and just enough acidity. Very drinkable, very easy to like, and dangerously good at making one glass turn into three. This is the kind of Pinot that will absolutely reward you if you want to sit there and pick it apart, but frankly, I think it’s happier when you don’t. Slight chill, something simple on the table, bottle mysteriously empty twenty minutes later.
France
Red
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan

Region:  Sancerre, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Sancerre AOC

Varietal/Blend:  100% Pinot Noir

ABV:  13%

Vineyard & Vine Age: La Merisière Rouge is grown on clay-limestone soils, sometimes dotted with caillottes and flint, in the villages of Chavignol and Sury-en-Vaux. The vines are averaging 25 years old.

Cellar: Vinification starts with about ten days of vatting, letting the Pinot Noir slowly reveal its character. Alcoholic fermentation finishes in stainless steel, followed by malolactic fermentation, and then the wine rests for a year on the lees.

CSPC:  141303

Winemakers Note:  []

What the Critics are saying:  []

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Jean Pabiot & Fils
2023 Sancerre AOC La Merisière Pinot Noir Rouge

Region:  Sancerre, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Sancerre AOC

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France
Red
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan
Red Sancerre is already a bit of a fun left turn, and this one makes a very convincing case for seeking it out more often. The nose is basically a bowl of freshly crushed strawberries, with a little raspberry and red cherry tucked in behind, plus the faintest peppery lift. The palate is where it really settles in: juicy red berries, soft tannins, silky texture, and just enough acidity. Very drinkable, very easy to like, and dangerously good at making one glass turn into three. This is the kind of Pinot that will absolutely reward you if you want to sit there and pick it apart, but frankly, I think it’s happier when you don’t. Slight chill, something simple on the table, bottle mysteriously empty twenty minutes later.

TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  100% Pinot Noir

ABV:  13%

Vineyard:  La Merisière Rouge is grown on clay-limestone soils, sometimes dotted with caillottes and flint, in the villages of Chavignol and Sury-en-Vaux. The vines are averaging 25 years old.

Cellar: Vinification starts with about ten days of vatting, letting the Pinot Noir slowly reveal its character. Alcoholic fermentation finishes in stainless steel, followed by malolactic fermentation, and then the wine rests for a year on the lees.

CSPC:  141303

Winemakers Note: []

What the Critics are saying: []

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Sancerre, Loire Valley

Appellation:  Sancerre AOC

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Varietal/Blend:  100% Pinot Noir

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

Ageing: 

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  13%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  141303

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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Joe Gurba

780-203-5284

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Kerrie Gavin

306-290-0277

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