Presque Toujours 2022

Presque Toujours means "almost always" in French and this is indeed a wine you'll want to have a healthy supply of.

Pierre-Gilles Euzen's three major grape varieties (Cabernet France, Chenin Blanc, Grolleau) are harvested from his plots along the small, winding Layon river and co-fermented together to make a lively barbecue-ready red!

This “blouge” — a mix of white (blanc) and red (rouge) — just a simple snapshot of the 2022 vintage, fermented in tank, aged for 9 months and then bottled without fining or filtration.

Region: Loire
Grapes: Grolleau, Cabernet France, Chenin Blanc
Alc: 12%

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About the winemaker: Pierre-Gilles Euzen is an exciting new producer in the Anjou, home to a band of now-cult winemakers making some of the Loire’s best Chenin Blanc. P.G.’s focus is on producing excellent barrel-aged Chenins from the area’s top vineyards (including a parcel in the famed Montbenault site above Rablay-sur-Layon), as well as lively, crushable red and sparkling wines.