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2023 Vin de Pays de Vaucluse Rouge “Le Pigeoulet”

Famille Brunier
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As sacrilegious as it might be for a KLWM employee to admit, I’ll confess that the bottle from the Brunier family I find myself reaching for the most is not a Châteauneuf-du-Pape or Gigondas, but their Pigeoulet, from the humble Vaucluse appellation. If, like me, you prize suppleness and downright deliciousness right out of the gate from your Grenache blends, you can’t do much better than this joyous and elegant red from one of the southern Rhône’s most iconic families.
     Beautifully perfumed and teeming with notes of black cherries, brambly fruit, and earth, it is redolent of the Vaucluse terroirs from which it originates. If the Bruniers’ regal and structured Châteauneufs are best suited to a nice tablecloth, low lights, and ribeye or slow-cooked leg of lamb, their bright and juicy Pigeoulet is perfect right out of the ice bucket at your next backyard barbecue.

Tom Wolf

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Technical Information
Wine Type: red
Vintage: 2023
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: 55% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Carignan, 8% Cinsault, 7% Mourvèdre
Appellation: Vin de Pays de Vaucluse
Country: France
Region: Southern Rhône
Producer: Famille Brunier
Winemaker: Famille Brunier
Vineyard: 25 years average, 10 ha
Soil: Clay with sandy alluvial deposits
Aging: Wine ages for 18 months in 50% cement tanks, 50% foudres
Farming: Organic (practicing)
Alcohol: 14.5%

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Sampling wine out of the barrel.

When buying red Burgundy, I think we should remember:

1. Big wines do not age better than light wine.
2. A so-called great vintage at the outset does not guarantee a great vintage for the duration.
3. A so-called off vintage at the outset does not mean the wines do not have a brilliant future ahead of them.
4. Red Burgundy should not taste like Guigal Côte-Rôtie, even if most wine writers wish it would.
5. Don’t follow leaders; watch yer parking meters.

Inspiring Thirst, page 174

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