"La Pépie" Cabernet Franc, Dom. de la Pépière - 2021

Name: "La Pépie" Cabernet Franc, Dom. de la Pépière
Brand: Pepiere
SKU: 20960
Price: 18.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 20960 750mL

This is made from Cabernet Franc, locally known as Breton, and is an unoaked fresh wine that's ideal with burgers. From Muscadet territory which allows for white wines in the appellation only. Therefore this is a VdP.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2021

Country

France

Region

Loire

Sub-Region

Nantes

Producer

Pepiere

Grape Variety

Cabernet Franc

Production Methods

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

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Staff Pick Notes

Domaine de la Pepiere is unquestionably one of the top producers in Muscadet, making seriously substantial and substantially serious wines from Melon de Bourgogne. It’s refreshing (in more ways than one) to encounter this playful “Vin de Pays” made from Cab Franc. When your vineyard is blessed with southwest facing slopes on granite soils, why wouldn’t you grow and vinify Cabernet Franc? The Pepié Cabernet is soft and fresh wine that you may serve with a chill and then gulp down. It smells of fresh berries and dried herbs. There are rustic notes of smoke and earth along with a tickle of tannins. It’s a great aperitif wine to give a party a crushing start.

- CP

Glossary

Loire

There’s a lot to remember when it comes to the Loire. Novices, take note: Cabernet Franc is a great alternative to Cabernet Sauvignon, Muscadet is unparalleled as a companion to shellfish, and Cour Cheverny is the best white wine appellation you’ve never heard of. As diverse as Loire wines are, one day soon you'll know your Melon de Bourgogne from your Romorantin.

Cabernet Franc

Relegated to moderate obscurity in modern times, Cabernet Franc is in fact the proud parent of the attention-hogging Cabernet Sauvignon (after an illicit affair with Sauvignon Blanc a hundred-odd years ago). Cabernet Franc has remained close to its roots in France, enjoying small pockets of popularity primarily in the Loire Valley (specifically in Chinon), where it is often bottled as a varietal wine, and in Bordeaux where it is still used in moderate percentages in the typical blends. In fact,...