Plaisance Penavayre Fronton Le Rouge 2020 grecomusc' with pink rose and orange

with pink rose and orange zest and a touch of underbrush thanks to whole cluster fermentation

where malolactic fermentation completed naturally

yet carrying a power and intensity that seems to come out of nowhere

but easily outperform the big houses and grande marques

The Tiollier family has made these wines for six generations

Plaisance Penavayre Fronton Le Rouge 2020 grecomusc' with pink rose and orangeIn 1989, a family friend told Marc Penaveyre that he was due to retire, and the French government was offering to pay him $50,000 to pull out his Fronton vines unless Marc left his work as a government viticulture researcher behind and returned to the village of Vacquiers just a few miles north of Toulouse. Freshly married to his wife Anne an engineer Marc returned and saved the vineyard. In the 30 years since, Plaisance Penaveyre has led a