Sylvie Augereau VdF Rejouissances 2023 RFLASH From a winery family-owned for

From a winery family-owned for nearly four centuries

which builds texture and pushes the wine toward saline and savory rather than a wall of gooseberry

with toffee

this wine drinks like a conversation between Sonoma's cool mountains and the sea

Contratto is delightful served on the rocks with a splash of soda or used in a variety of cocktails

Sylvie Augereau VdF Rejouissances 2023 RFLASH From a winery family-owned forRejouissances means rejoicing, which tells you exactly what the bottle is for. Sylvie Augereau, founder of the Loire's riotous La Dive Bouteille festival, farms just 1. 5 hectares of old vines by hand and horse, using almost no sulfur and on some cuvees none at all. This one is a 50 50 blend of Pineau d'Aunis and Grolleau, two Loire grapes nobody plants for prestige and everybody drinks for pleasure. It is fresh, peppery and light on its feet: red