Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 051426OFFER but *Anecdote* showcases the house’s

but *Anecdote* showcases the house’s brilliant touch with Chardonnay

This Merlot-led blend with Cabernet Franc comes from clay-limestone soils and

and Trousseau is the Jura's cult red grape

Hardy Wallace ferments in stainless and ages in well-seasoned barrels

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Domaine Tardieux-Gal Touraine Pineau d'Aunis Le Temps des Aunis 2023 051426OFFER but *Anecdote* showcases the house’sPineau d'Aunis nearly disappeared. It was once planted all over the Loire, then got ripped out in favor of grapes that ripened more reliably and sold more easily, and today only a handful of growers still bother. Domaine Tardieux Gal, in the village of Thesee in the Touraine, is one of them, farming organically on clay limestone and vinifying with native yeasts, a short ten day maceration and six months in steel, so nothing gets between you and the