La Grange Tiphaine 2023 Nouveau Nez Montlouis-sur-Loire Pétillant Originel

All Chenin with no dosage. Broad, soft, but with persistent acidity. Some peach and apricot notes on the nose, all stones and mineral depth in the finish. A fantastic release of this lovely sparkling wine.

In the words of Pascaline Lepeltier: "If Rosa Rosé Rosam is one of the best pet nats in the world, Nouveau-Nez could run for the gold medal. For all who don’t believe pet’ nat can be precise, complex, delicious, terroir-driven, age-worthy, just open a bottle of this cuvée! If I have to be precise though, the real name of this wine is Montlouis-sur-Loire Pétillant Originel AOC, as it falls under the first official French AOC for the style. This is the way for the Montlouis producers to showcase the quality of their production: mandatory hand-harvest, spontaneous fermentation, 9 months on tirage, disgorged, nothing added but a little SO2, the final wine must have less than 5 g of residual sugars, and a minimum of 2.4 bars of pressure."

From the Grange Tiphaine website: "A return to the roots to create a natural sparkling wine, without artifice, only with the sugars of the grape. This original sparkling wine, in the Montlouis-sur-Loire appellation, is the purest expression of its origins. You can drink it on its own as an aperitif or digestif. But why not try pairing it with a fish or poultry meal, or a white fruit dessert?"