COLOUR: Golden.
NOSE: Fruity and richly textured. Opens on orange blossom and candied fruit — apricot and pineapple to the fore. With aeration, chestnut and quince paste round out the picture.
PALATE: Indulgent and beautifully balanced, moving from acidity and freshness toward great sweetness and empyreumatic notes. It evolves like a fruit salad — peach, lychee, passion fruit — with almond, nutmeg and chestnut at mid-palate, all wrapped in honey.
FINISH: Exceptionally long, on quince paste, orange zest, pepper, cocoa and a persistent liquorice-rancio.
VINTAGE : 1995
AOC : Pineau des Charentes Blanc — Vieux
GRAPE VARIETY : Ugni Blanc
AGEING : French oak casks (former Bordeaux wine casks).
PRODUCTION :The result of blending freshly harvested grape must with young cognac (mutage). This 1995 lot was transferred to oak casks once the mutage was complete, then carefully aged. Cask-laid in late 1995 and bottled in the first half of 2025, it stands at 30 years of age — an exceptionally rare Pineau.
This Pineau is best enjoyed well chilled — as an aperitif or as a digestif. It also pairs beautifully with food, much like a great sweet wine.
A delightful companion to foie gras, a chocolate dessert or a blue cheese. It also makes a perfect pairing with a fine cigar.
