Tasting Notes
It’s a fine but powerful Gamay, but please don’t think you are about to drink a Beaujolais gamay. This Loire gamay is driven by far greater tannin structure, acidity (and alcohol 14%). There’s plenty of body from juicy red fruits. Then the structure bites and demands protein - like rare red beef, bacon and mushrooms. A keeper, and likes a decant. - Michael L
Claude and Joelle Papin-Chevalier started Chateau Pierre Bise thirty years ago. Claude Papin (a former President of the Technical Institute of the Vine and of Wine) and his wife are the most polemic defenders of the Anjou terroir, being perhaps unsurprisingly very good friends with Marcel Deiss from Alsace. They control over 32 hectares of vines, producing a vast array of single parcel whites, reds and sweet wines. However, it is his sweet wines for which he is most famous, and in particular those from the Côteaux du Layon. - Importer Note
Product Type | Wine Red Gamay & Beaujolais |
Volume | 750ml |
Country | France |
Region | Loire Valley |
Sub Region | Anjou |
Winemaking Practices | Conventional |
Vineyard Practices | Conventional |