Both Pineau d’Aunis and Patrice Colin hail from the Côteaux du Vendômois, an under-the-radar appellation north of Touraine and Vouvray that lies on a Loire River tributary called, the Loir. Patrice is the eighth generation at this Domaine, which dates back to 1735, and his son Pierre François and son-in-law Florian, at 25 and 30 years old, are bringing a youthful energy to the ninth. They work organically, growing Pineau d’Aunis, Chenin Blanc, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Gamay, and Chardonnay on flinty soils over clay/limestone subsoils. With low sulphur and indigenous yeasts in the cellar, they produce wines that are fresh, clean, and aromatically complex. This wine is a blend of Pineau d’Aunis, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc.
