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The Marigny, St. Reginald Parish, Piquette

Name: The Marigny, St. Reginald Parish, Piquette
Brand: The Marigny
SKU: 44882
Price: 17.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 44882 750mL

This is not a sparkling wine! This is piquette, a traditional byproduct of winemaking that has been enjoyed by farmhands for centuries. Pinot Noir pomace and water are left to referment any leftover sugar. The result is a very low alcohol sparkling beverage. Vinous, and extremely refreshing, this is perfectly suited to a weeknight beverage, and is about as food-friendly as it gets.

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Color

Rosé

Country

USA

Region

Oregon

Sub-Region

Willamette Valley

Producer

The Marigny

Grape Variety

Pinot Noir

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Staff Pick Notes

What's piquette you ask? Meet the newest quirky wine trend to grace our shelves: a low-alcohol, slightly fizzy wine made by adding water to the second pressing of grape pomace. Although it's just catching on in the U.S., it's been made for centuries. In Greece, it was called “lora” and made for slaves. In France and Italy it became the lunchtime wine served to farmhands and vineyard workers so they didn't get too tipsy. Piquette comes from the French word for “prickle,” a nod to its gentle spritz. This piquette comes to us from The Marigny, a small, natural wine producer in Oregon and is made with the pressed grapes of Pinot Noir. It's light and refreshing, with a raspberry, cherry-like crunch. At 4.5% ABV, it's an easy sipper on a weeknight or for brunch. Has your interest been piqued?

- ALM

Glossary

Pinot Noir

The Burgundy region of northeastern France is the historic home of the Pinot Noir grape, and is the source of the world’s greatest examples. Here one finds renditions of Pinot Noir that deliver power with finesse and grace, wines that have unimaginable depth of flavor, yet are perfectly balanced and ephemeral in the mouth - in short, wines that deliver all that Pinot Noir has to offer. Terroir, the concept that wines from a specific region have unique and identifiable traits, is intricately...

Willamette Valley

Perhaps the most familiar wine producing region in Oregon, the Willamette Valley is actually a group of distinct AVA's (American Viticultural Areas). This varied area is home to approximately two thirds of Oregon's wineries. Bounded roughly by the cities of Portland in the north and Eugene in the south, the near-idyllic wine growing region is cradled between the Cascade Mountain Range on its east side and the Coastal Range to the west, and produces some of America's most sublime expressions of...

Oregon

The largest wine region in Oregon is the Willamette Valley, lying between the cities of Portland and Eugene and home to most of Oregon’s wineries. As it does not have one homogeneous climate, it has been broken up into several different AVAs. In the best of them, the perfect amounts of wind, rain, sun exposure, and altitude combine to give Pinot Noir the warm days and cool nights it needs in order to thrive. Combine that with good drainage and poor soils, and you’ve got the perfect environment...