How could we possibly not buy this simply extraordinary wine, the fruit of 120 year-old vines planted in a parcel about 5 km. to the north of the Loir? Its unexpectedly deep hue owes perhaps to the unusual twelve weeks� maceration on the skins, followed by three months in amphora. Everything about this wine is chiselled, from nose to tail. It elevates the humble Pineau d�Aunis to a truly stately place.