Vignerons Les Matheny Arbois Pinot-Trousseau 'Les Matheny' 2020

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Vignerons Les Matheny Arbois Pinot-Trousseau 'Les Matheny' 2020Emeric owns so little Pinot Noir that he ends up having to blend it with other varietiesPoulsard in some years, and Trousseau in others, as he sees fitfollowing the model of his old employer Puffeney who produced the stunning Vieilles Vignes cuve through the 2005 vintage using all three cpages. Aged for two years in a single decades old small foudre, his Pinot Trousseau is built around 45 year old Trousseau from the village of Aiglepierre, and the

polite tannins

“Côte du Puy”) gives the kind of plush

her take on the notoriously prim variety is wilder

In order to achieve maximum equilibrium in his Condrieu

providing an extra layer of depth and structure to this classic wine

With a mineral undergirding that would make many a Northern Rhône wine taste like fruit juice by comparison

a tribute to the foxes which sometimes roam their biodiverse vineyards looking for a snack

with a strong saline edge and a great concentration

this is a generous

With its low-for-Vouvray acidity and its full malolactic fermentation (rare for Foreau)

is firmer and more elementally mineral-driven than Les Journaries

and despite its 15