Les Grandes Vignes, Pineau d'Aunis, 2024 SPAINCOUNT0125 or a mushroom-stuffed pork tenderloin

or a mushroom-stuffed pork tenderloin to highlight its complex layers and impressive depth

and utterly classic

and Persan—indigenous Alpine varieties—from west-facing hillsides on schistous marl and clay-limestone

This steep grand cru above the village of Bockenau in the Nahe is almost pure blue Devonian slate

Les Grandes Vignes, Pineau d'Aunis, 2024 SPAINCOUNT0125 or a mushroom-stuffed pork tenderloinA superb summer sipper that lets committed red wine drinkers keep their glass while everyone else reaches for rose. Pineau d'Aunis is a Loire grape that was once wine geek esoterica and is finally getting its due, prized for a wild signature of ripe red cherry, watermelon rind, and freshly cracked pepper. This one comes from Domaine Les Grandes Vignes, a Vaillant family estate in eastern Anjou, Demeter certified biodynamic since 2008, on complex soils