Marie & Vincent Tricot 'Les Milans' 2024 Auvergne, France

Grape 🍇: Pinot Noir (some Gamay)

Style 😋: Medium bodied with bright acidity and silky, fine tannins. Tart red cherry, cranberry, dried rose, and forest floor. Pepper, spice and a mineral edge.

Details 📌: Hand harvested from organically farmed vines rooted in volcanic marl, clay, and limestone. Fermented with native yeast and aged in used barriques. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with minimal sulfur.

Story 📖: Born in Anjou, Vincent Tricot left the Loire in the early 1990s and studied oenology in Beaujolais, where he fell under the influence of natural wine pioneers like Marcel Lapierre. After years of travel and apprenticeship, he settled in Orcet, Auvergne in 2002 with his family. Drawn by the region's pre phylloxera vines and volcanic soils, he began farming organically and making wines with no additives.