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Domaine L'Austral - Plein Nord 2024
Domaine L'Austral - Plein Nord 2024
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The Wine & Winemaker
- Winemaker: Pauline Mourrain & Laurent Troubat (Domaine L'Austral)
- Region: Puy Notre Dame, Saumur, Loire, France
- Grape: Grolleau Gris & Grolleau Noir
The Story
After an inspiring journey to Australia, Pauline Mourrain and Laurent Troubat decided to pursue their dream and settled in Puy Notre Dame in the French Loire Valley. Here, they work using biodynamic principles on living limestone soils. With their Plein Nord cuvée, they capture the unique expression of a cooler, north facing vineyard plot. For the 2024 vintage, this cooler setting resulted in a remarkably fresh and light vintage. Pauline and Laurent crafted a rare blend combining both the grey and red variations of the grolleau grape: Grolleau Gris and Grolleau Noir.
The Vibe & Tasting Notes
Thanks to this harmonious blend of grapes and the fresh vintage, Plein Nord is an amazingly fresh, delicate, and almost aerial red wine. It possesses a beautiful clarity and an effortless, light drinkability. In the glass, vibrant aromas of freshly picked red berries and tart cherries jump out at you, balanced by an uplifting acidity and a refined mineral lift. It is a wonderfully light and floating cuvée that truly shines when served slightly chilled.
How does it work?
How does it work?
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A box with the amount of bottles of your choosing delivered every month on the first week. The theme changes monthly. One month you get wines from Hungary, some months all oranges, some months... who knows!
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Why natural wine costs more, and why it’s worth it
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No shortcuts
Growers who refuse pesticides and chemical additives accept that they’ll lose a significant part of their harvest to weather, disease, and unpredictable nature, but they do it to keep their wines pure, alive, and honest.
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Risk and loss
Nature swings between plenty and scarcity; frost, hail, heat and ferments can erase volumes, fewer bottles must carry the farm’s costs, with ageing measures adding expense to keep the wine clean and true over time.
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Integrity and handwork
Hands replace chemicals: they weed, manage canopies, pick, and sort by hand; presses and gravity moves protect texture, while cleanliness and patient ageing deliver purity without shortcuts, increasing labor but preserving integrity in every bottle.
