Patrice Colin 'Perles Rouges'
Gamay, NV
Coteaux du Vendômoise > Loire Valley > France
8th generation vigneron Patrice Colin and his family have been doing their wine thang in the northernmost reaches of the Loire Valley in the Coteaux du Vendômoise since 1735. "Perles Rouge" is a fun sparkling red wine made in the method ancestral, like a Pét-Nat, but disgorged and corked like a more elegant traditional method wine. This bright and textural fizzer is a breakfast wine for the ages. Certified Organic.
Gamay, NV
Coteaux du Vendômoise > Loire Valley > France
8th generation vigneron Patrice Colin and his family have been doing their wine thang in the northernmost reaches of the Loire Valley in the Coteaux du Vendômoise since 1735. "Perles Rouge" is a fun sparkling red wine made in the method ancestral, like a Pét-Nat, but disgorged and corked like a more elegant traditional method wine. This bright and textural fizzer is a breakfast wine for the ages. Certified Organic.
Gamay, NV
Coteaux du Vendômoise > Loire Valley > France
8th generation vigneron Patrice Colin and his family have been doing their wine thang in the northernmost reaches of the Loire Valley in the Coteaux du Vendômoise since 1735. "Perles Rouge" is a fun sparkling red wine made in the method ancestral, like a Pét-Nat, but disgorged and corked like a more elegant traditional method wine. This bright and textural fizzer is a breakfast wine for the ages. Certified Organic.
Grape: Gamay
ABV: 13%
The Story: Pét-Nats are rarely riddled to remove the dead lees sediment and can often be cloudy. They also tend to be dry with lower alcohol and no dosage added. This wine is unique in that is combines those traditions with a single bottle ferment
Personality: The wine is fresh and fun, noticeably dry, there is some slight tannin texture to go with the fine mousse of the bubbles. Aromas ranging from secondary bouquets of dried flowers, cranberry, and strawberry. In the mouth the wine displays plenty of crunchy, crisp red cherry fruit with notes of leather, earth, and pepper with frothy bubbles that dissipate in the glass.
Harmony: An excellent match for charcuterie, cheese, grilled meats and vegetables, sausages, and burgers, but also just have it with Saturday breakfast. You deserve it.