A tasty Pineau d'Aunis

[Scoop]

An obscure Loire red grape used mostly for rose', Pineau d'Aunis can make an nice, quaffable varietal red wine, too. A recent, stellar find: the Thierry Puzelat 2004 Touraine Pineau d'Aunis, a peppery, piney delight, sporting wild berry fruit, plenty of zip and some pleasing tannins on the back end. A perfect red for (a slight) chilling, this was a huge hit at a family gathering Down South -- normally not a big wine-drinking bunch -- and it really sang with the pulled pork, hickory-smoked pit BBQ, which is, of course, West Tennessee's great contribution to world cuisine. Well, there's also fried catfish, I guess (and my aunt's baked beans!).

Cheers,

Scoop

[This message has been edited by Scoop (edited 08-03-2006).]