MAUNOURY–AUNIS SOIT
Grapes are organic and handpicked, the wine is aged in French oak for 10 months
Ruby in colour with red fruit and fragrant spices on the nose. The palate is bright with fresh red cherries and plums, fine, soft tannins and a long fruity finish.
TYPE
Still-Red
COUNTRY
France
GRAPE
Pineau d’Aunis
REGION
Loire Valley
VINTAGE
2017
WINERY
Jonathan Maunoury
£22.50
In stock
FLAVOURS & AROMAS
TASTE PROFILE
- Body light
- Sweetness dry
- Tannin low
- Acidity high
- Alcohol 12%
Serve
12-15ºC
Decant
No
Cellar
Drink now or keep it up to 3 years
White meat
Chicken with peppered polenta
Seafood
Shellfish spaghetti
Seafood
Seared salmon with pickled vegetable and watercress salad
JONATHAN MAUNOURY
Jonathan Maunoury has a PhD in Chemistry and spent 10 years as a researcher for next generation smartphone displays before he felt the need for more open space and a life outside the lab. He went to wine school in Beaune and cemented his experience at a variety of biodynamic wineries in Burgundy, Champagne, the Rhone and the Loire Valley. In 2017 he struck out on his own, taking over 5 hectares of vines around the hill of Puy Notre Dame, just southwest of Saumur in the Loire Valley.
His vineyards sit on the local limestone ‘tuffeau’ subsoil. The vines had been farmed organically for 20 years and Jonathan started working biodynamically in 2017. Most of his plantings are Cabernet Franc and he has a little Chardonnay and Pineau d’Aunis. He harvests by hand, ferments with natural yeasts and doesn’t fine or filter. His goal is to make authentic wines that are as natural as possible with as little intervention as possible.
