Grapes: Brandy + Chenin Blanc + Cabernet Franc
Region: Loire, France
Vintage: 2023
Viticulture: Organic
Vinification: This unusual and delicious aperitivo made by Domaine Mosse in the Loire Valley, France, is made from the alcohol distilled from the lies of Chenin Blanc and rosé wine from Cabernet Franc grapes, along with macerated Sichuan Pepper, Cinchoa, Star anise, Kasha, Cocoa nibs, Citrus, and Absinthe leaves. It tastes like adult Fruit Punch with notes of marzipan, chocolate covered white cherries, raspberry lozenge, fennel seed, hay, citrus, coco nib, and herbs. Balanced and refreshing, and almost too easy to drink!
Notes from the Importer:
Agnès and René Mosse, along with their sons Joseph and Sylvestre, live and work in the village of St-Lambert-du-Lattay, a village in the Coteaux-du-Layon area of Anjou. Layon is a small tributary to the Loire that lazily digs its way through well exposed and drained hills of schist and sandstone. Its micro-climate allows for a long hang-time, and when the mornings are foggy in the fall, with no rain, botrytis develops easily on the Chenin grapes.
Before becoming vignerons, the Mosse had owned a wine-bar/retail shop hybrid in Tours. They credit the great vignerons they met there, among them Jo Pithon and François Chidaine, as the impetus to become winemakers. The couple studied viticulture and oenology at the agricultural lycée in Amboise where two of their teachers were Thierry Puzelat (Clos du Tue-Boeuf) and Christian Chaussard (Domaine le Briseau).
