Des Freres - Les Moulins de Beau Puy Chinon 2020

 Brothers Henri and Valentin Bruneau worked hard for this vintage, harvesting between 4-11am to keep the fruit cool enough for natural vinification before manually sorting and destemming, then cold fermenting in concrete. Pump overs only, aged 9 months in concrete tanks. 

Wet gravel, roasted capsicum and raspberry on the nose. Dried herbs, sour cherry and more red capsicum on the palate, with grippy savoury tannins and bright acidity to hold it all together. Try it with chargrilled veg and meats.

From the brothers: 

From a north-facing hillside with typical Véron terroir, with fine clay soils which accentuate aromatic complexity as well as aging potential. This cuvée drinks well now but can keep another ten years in the cellar or more.