Thread: [TN] '09 Pepiere red

On Mar 17, 1:34*pm, Mark Lipton <not...@eudrup.ude> wrote:
> Last night, just returned from a brief outing to the Florida Keys, we
> settled on a takeout roast chicken for dinner. *With that, Jean opened a
> bottle of:
>
> 2009 Domaine de la Pepiere Cuvée Granit (VdP de Loire-Atlantique)
> nose: bright red fruit, juicy, minerality
> palate: light body, bright acidity, slightly tannic, red fruit
>
> Our first encounter with the red wine made at Domaine de la Pepiere by
> Marc Ollivier. *This wine is majority Cab Franc with some Côt (Malbec)
> and Merlot thrown in and most likely vinified with carbonic maceration
> to give it a Gamay-like freshness and brightness. *Altogether fun but
> probably for near-term consumption. *About $12 retail.
>
> Mark Lipton
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thanks,. Any idea if this is a new VdP? I've had a couple of Pepiere
reds (La Pepie, Cuvee Cabernet, etc) and think they were VDP du Jardin
de France.

On 3/17/11 1:42 PM, DaleW wrote:

> thanks,. Any idea if this is a new VdP? I've had a couple of Pepiere
> reds (La Pepie, Cuvee Cabernet, etc) and think they were VDP du Jardin
> de France.

As I understand it, Dale, it's just a name change. What was VdPdJdF is
now VdPdL-A. Here's a bit from Wine-Searcher about it:

http://www.wine-searcher.com/regions...ire-atlantique

(Note the typo in my initial note; sorry!)

Mark Lipton

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