2022 Domaine Les Grandes Vignes Le P'tit Vaillant, Loire, Vin de France Paolucci 800 ft elevation on decomposed

800 ft elevation on decomposed granite and limestone soils

The fruit is still purple leaning and the ethereal notes of the past still pop out on palate entry but a weightier middle kicks in almost immediately with notes of sage

and with zero addition of sulfur

This aromatic Dolcetto manages to be rich and generous while remaining light-bodied

2022 Domaine Les Grandes Vignes Le P'tit Vaillant, Loire, Vin de France Paolucci 800 ft elevation on decomposed60% Groslot and 40% Cabernet Franc grown on clay soil. Grapes were hand harvested, fermented with wild yeasts and aged in underground ceramic vats. Bottled unfined, unfiltered with no SO2. Since the XVII century, located in the village of Thouarce in Anjou, the Vaillant family has passed on farmland from generations to generations. For the last ten years, sister and brothers have cultivated the estate using the biodynamic principles. The goal is to