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

and pepper smoked meat

where malolactic fermentation completed naturally

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

The estate is in the Olevano commune

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