Catherine & Pierre Breton 'La Dilettante' Vouvray, 2024 heavy beer and flinty minerality

and flinty minerality

resulting in a slightly warmer microclimate than the neighboring Eola-Amity Hills

Credited to be the first recorded distillery to produce Rhum Agricole

swapped out the t-90 hop pellets for cryo pellets

this 2016 Ghemme shows an enticing garnet hue with a fragrant nose of dried cherry

Catherine & Pierre Breton 'La Dilettante' Vouvray, 2024 heavy beer and flinty mineralityThis is 100% Chenin Blanc from sunny Vouvray. This wine and all the estate's Vouvray's for that matter is a pet project of Catherine's, not made by Pierre. It comes from 40 year old vines planted in a flinty clay soil. To preserve freshness and aromatics, the grapes are gently pressed, and vinified in stainless steel without going through malolactic fermentation. It's a perfect wine for the changing seasons, and can be paired with soy honey glazed