Jean-Pierre Robinot is something of a legend in the French natural wine scene, having started a restaurant L’Ange Vin, which was ground-zero for natural wines in Paris during its 90’s heyday, as well as an indispensable wine magazine, Rouge et Blanc, all before returning to his native Loire to finally make his own wines. Known for patient fermentations of one or two years or more, he crafts dynamic high-stimulation wines from chenin blanc, gamay, and pineau d’aunis.
Les Années Folles, or “The Crazy Years”, is a methode ancestrale bubbly of pineau d’aunis, the apparently-now-hip red grape varietal. Showing a coppery-pink color, the juice gives pear, quince, berry Haribo gummy, subtle barley honey, the mildest trace of tannin, and a gently frothy texture. There’s also no dosage, no added sulfites, and a nice low abv, making a cleanly-made social wine with the versatility to please many palates and pair with anything or nothing!
Practicing organic. 100% pineau d’aunis. Zero dosage. Unfined and unfiltered. Zero added sulfites. Jasnieres, Loire Valley, France.
Jean-Pierre Robinot is something of a legend in the French natural wine scene, having started a restaurant L’Ange Vin, which was ground-zero for natural wines in Paris during its 90’s heyday, as well as an indispensable wine magazine, Rouge et Blanc, all before returning to his native Loire to finally make his own wines. Known for patient fermentations of one or two years or more, he crafts dynamic high-stimulation wines from chenin blanc, gamay, and pineau d’aunis.
Les Années Folles, or “The Crazy Years”, is a methode ancestrale bubbly of pineau d’aunis, the apparently-now-hip red grape varietal. Showing a coppery-pink color, the juice gives pear, quince, berry Haribo gummy, subtle barley honey, the mildest trace of tannin, and a gently frothy texture. There’s also no dosage, no added sulfites, and a nice low abv, making a cleanly-made social wine with the versatility to please many palates and pair with anything or nothing!
Practicing organic. 100% pineau d’aunis. Zero dosage. Unfined and unfiltered. Zero added sulfites. Jasnieres, Loire Valley, France.
