Mauxion Selection, Pineau des Charentes, Single Cask 2000, France, 750mL Brandy 15% Pinot Noir

15% Pinot Noir

naturally fermented into wine

Alison Crowe is the winemaker

Zakuska is distilled from a mix of soft red winter wheat and corn

and apricot jam with floral highlights on the nose transition to a brandy-like roundness on the palate with a finish of cotton candy and ripe red berries

Mauxion Selection, Pineau des Charentes, Single Cask 2000, France, 750mL Brandy 15% Pinot NoirBack in 2000, the Mondory family (three generation vine grower, winemaker and distiller in the Petite Champagne appellation in Cognac) decided to make their first Pineau des Charentes. Unfortunately, they never found a buyer and eventually forgot the barrel in the cellar. They never made another Pineau 22 years and a few liters of Angel Share later, the liquid inside the barrel evolved into an absolutely gorgeous nectar. Powerful nose and palate