Overnoy Crinquand Trousseau "La Biodode" 2022In the glass its a pale garnet that seems to breathe the folded geology of Pupillins clay limestone hills, hinting at wild herbs and smoked raspberry briar before the first sip. A swirl brings out crushed red currant and pomegranate skins, but its the undernotes of cracked white pepper, dried tarragon and a whisper of cedared leather that give this Trousseau its quietly magnetic pull. Theres an almost sinewy tension between bright cranberry acidity

Like all DOCGs

quietly refreshing and unmistakably Chinon

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a distinction that made her the first female winemaker at any large and important Burgundy house

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