2024 Pinard Brothers "Echoes" Sancerre, Loire Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Sourced from vineyards in Amigny, located between Bu and Chavignol on Kimmeridgian soils. Vinification using their own natural yeast, aging in large neutral wooden vats for 6 months, minimal sulphur during levage (volcanic sulphur, handmade by the Pinards). ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Based in the prestigious town of Bu, known for its Kimmeridgean terres blanches soils, Domaine Vincent Pinard continues a 20 generation tradition of winemaking

Founder Maurice Ecard

when his family’s plots in Champagne were being divided

and today is a partner with Simon (and is most often found on a tractor in the middle of the vines)

For the production of this wine

Hand-harvested fruit is partially destemmed before fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks using indigenous yeasts

The vineyards are distributed in the Alto Belice Corleonese

the wine is aged 36 months in large French oak barrels

the name given to this area by an English dignitary

but by selecting fully ripe and 100% healthy grapes

The most important single vineyard sites are Ried Hallebühl (Zweigelt)

Made of Rose Quartz Crystal

which brings freshness and minerality