Clos des Breteches, Les Pelioches, 2024 Tellier 102224 by broad agreement

by broad agreement

this is the first amaro of this style to be made in New York

sweet without being cloying

and then the bottle does the rest

and rests about twenty months on the lees before being disgorged bone dry

Clos des Breteches, Les Pelioches, 2024 Tellier 102224 by broad agreementThe richest, most generous Chenin in a lineup that is already hard to get. Les Plioches is a single 1. 4 hectare plot of roughly 40 year old Chenin Blanc grown on spilite, the volcanic rock that defines Anjou Noir, and it's the most gourmand cuve in the Clos des Brtches range. Mlanie Grenouilleau and Romain Nicolas started the estate in 2021 with 1. 2 hectares taken over from Domaine Deboutbertin, under the guidance of Mark Angeli, and even now work