Château Pey-bonhomme-les-Tours Vin de France L'Atypic 2023 le-vigne-de-alice littered with blue-grey fossilised oyster

littered with blue-grey fossilised oyster shells

Tout Près is the most densely planted vineyard on the estate at 7

Extremely fine tannins for this enormous

A lovely value from the new Spain

Château Pey-bonhomme-les-Tours Vin de France L'Atypic 2023 le-vigne-de-alice littered with blue-grey fossilised oysterThe blend is, give or take, an atypical 50% Malbec and 50% Cabernet Franc hence the Vin de France designation and the name of the wine. Drawn from Peybonhomme's biodynamically certified, limestone and clay soils in the Premires Ctes de Blaye (on the right bank overlooking the Gironde estuary), the vines that produce this cuve are now 40 years old. As above, the wines are wild yeast fermented, but L'Atypic is raised entirely in concrete (and bottled