Château Pey-bonhomme-les-Tours Vin de France L'Atypic 2023 le-vigne-de-alice spicy and peppery notes

spicy and peppery notes

and cold soaked for four days before a natural fermentation of seven to nine days

Tout Près is the most densely planted vineyard on the estate at 7

littered with blue-grey fossilised oyster shells

the Napa Valley Petite Sirah displays plush elegance

Château Pey-bonhomme-les-Tours Vin de France L'Atypic 2023 le-vigne-de-alice spicy and peppery notesThe blend is, give or take, an atypical 50% Malbec and 50% Cabernet Franc hence the Vin de France designation and the name of the wine. Drawn from Peybonhomme's biodynamically certified, limestone and clay soils in the Premires Ctes de Blaye (on the right bank overlooking the Gironde estuary), the vines that produce this cuve are now 40 years old. As above, the wines are wild yeast fermented, but L'Atypic is raised entirely in concrete (and bottled