Emile Heredia
Le Verre des Poetes 2021
Pineau d’Aunis
Jasnières, France
There was something in the air and in the soil in the Loire Valley in the late 00s and early 10s—both Pierre Weyand and Christian Chaussard died in farming accidents, leaving their widows to continue running their respective domaines. While Weyand’s wife Josette Medeau went completely underground, keeping their stock mostly to herself and selling to only a few persons worldwide, Nathalie Gaubicher went more or less the opposite direction, pushing Chaussard’s Le Briseau into what I would wager to even call the natural wine mainstream. To add another layer to this story, Emile Heredia, forrmerly a winemaker in the south (has anyone tried any of these back vintages?), married Gaubicher and now has a hand in the Le Briseau wines, but also continues to produce his own Pineau d’Aunis called Le Verre des Poetes, and now from the Longues Vignes parcel—old vines originally farmed by the late Chaussard. Iconic in every sense of the word, this is rich and rustic Pineau d’Aunis that feels powerful now, but truly rewards patience and time in the cellar.
750 ml
$35
Le Verre des Poetes 2021
Pineau d’Aunis
Jasnières, France
There was something in the air and in the soil in the Loire Valley in the late 00s and early 10s—both Pierre Weyand and Christian Chaussard died in farming accidents, leaving their widows to continue running their respective domaines. While Weyand’s wife Josette Medeau went completely underground, keeping their stock mostly to herself and selling to only a few persons worldwide, Nathalie Gaubicher went more or less the opposite direction, pushing Chaussard’s Le Briseau into what I would wager to even call the natural wine mainstream. To add another layer to this story, Emile Heredia, forrmerly a winemaker in the south (has anyone tried any of these back vintages?), married Gaubicher and now has a hand in the Le Briseau wines, but also continues to produce his own Pineau d’Aunis called Le Verre des Poetes, and now from the Longues Vignes parcel—old vines originally farmed by the late Chaussard. Iconic in every sense of the word, this is rich and rustic Pineau d’Aunis that feels powerful now, but truly rewards patience and time in the cellar.
750 ml
$35
