2024 Les Vignerons Saint Pourcain La Ficelle

WINEMAKER: Sylvain Miniot
REGION: Saint-Pourçain, FR.
VARIETY: Gamay, Pinot Noir
VITICULTURE: Minimal Intervention

Gamay + Pinot Noir blend. 30 years ago before the region was even AOC the co-operative of Saint Pourcain ‘borrowed’ the idea from Mouton Rothschild of launching this wine with a new label each year. In keeping with the approachable nature of this wine it’s always a cartoonist invited to paint the label. La Ficelle means ‘the string’. Story goes that the barkeep would use a knotted string to dip into a patrons flagon to see how much wine they had enjoyed before the bill. A classic ‘Vin de Soif.

A blend of 70% Gamay and 30% Pinot Noir, this wine hails from the Saint-Pourçain region in France, a place near Loire Valley where history and tradition meet light-hearted fun. Strawberry, cranberry and cherry notes on the nose, a fine dusty tannin. Juicy and jubey.