Les Tonillières

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In the glass

Aroma: black cherry, wild herbs, spice box, graphite

Palate: dark fruit, thyme, smoked tea, silky tannin

Old-vine Carignan-Grenache from Blandine's Tonillières plot, planted to 60-year-old Carignan. Concrete and old-oak ageing preserves freshness and old-vine depth.

What it pairs with

• Slow-braised lamb shoulder Silky tannin and herbal depth meet slow-cooked lamb and rosemary.More wines for lamb →
• Wild mushroom risotto Spice box and graphite notes find depth in earthy mushrooms.More wines for risotto →
• Saucisson sec and aged Comté Old-vine Carignan structure handles cured meat and hard cheese.More wines for sausages →

With cheese

Pélardon Our pick accords-mets-vins.fr advises light, low-tannin reds for Pélardon, such as a young Saint-Chinian or a lightly extracted Faugères, and warns that a powerful or oaky red crushes it. A medium-bodied red raised mostly in concrete or old wood, with supple tannin, keeps the goat's milk in view.

History

Les Tonillières is sourced from a single plot of 60-year-old Carignan and Grenache that Blandine Chauchat brought to the partnership. The wine is a Pic Saint-Loup old-vine expression, biodynamic, low-intervention.

1. 2005First single-plot Tonillières cuvée released

Facts

Producer

Mas Foulaquier · visiting guide

Grapes

Carignan (50%), Grenache (50%)

Classification

AOC Pic Saint-Loup

Oak

Aged in concrete tank and demi-muid; old oak only

ABV

14.0%

Price

€25-40 at retail

Drinking window

3-12 from vintage

First vintage

2005

Biodynamic

Demeter Certified

Organic

ECOCERT

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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