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2016 Vin de Pays de Vaucluse “Le Pigeoulet” Rouge

Famille Brunier
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I’m not sure how the Bruniers produce Grenache with simultaneous pleasure, depth, power, finesse, and drinkability, but Pigeoulet is a great case in point. You will not find a better pound-for-pound value anywhere in southern France. The Brunier hallmarks of restraint, class, and typicity are all here in spades. In that way, their wines remind me of de Villaine’s wines in Burgundy.

Dixon Brooke


Technical Information
Wine Type: red
Vintage: 2016
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 5% Carignan, 5% Cinsault
Appellation: Vin de Pays de Vaucluse
Country: France
Region: Southern Rhône
Winemaker: Frédérick & Daniel Brunier
Vineyard: .5 ha
Soil: Clay, Limestone, scattered with galets roulés
Aging: Wine ages for 18 months in 50% cement tanks, 50% foudres
Farming: Lutte Raisonnée
Alcohol: 14%

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Inspiring Thirst

I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.

Inspiring Thirst, page 171