Jean Pierre Robinot – Cuvée Bistrologie – 2020

Description

An authentic and charismatic character, Jean Pierre Robinot is a true pioneer in what is the production of natural wines, that is, wines without any external additions during the winemaking process. A story his began at a young age by tasting many types of wine, so during the 1980s he opened the wine shop “l’Ange Vin” in Paris where he met illustrious figures of the time such as Marcel Lapierre and Jules Chauvet until he went on to found together with Michel Bettane the wine magazine “Le Rouge et le Blanc.” Always an advocate of the famous Vins naturels, in 2001 he decided to devote himself to their production by returning to the Loire, to the Jasnieres area in his native village Chahaignes where he purchased rows with very old vines of Chenin Blanc and Pineau d’aunis while also planting younger vines. Today he owns 10 hectares where he has always adopted biodynamic practices in total environmental preservation, tilling the soil through plant infusions, low yields and manual harvests to obtain healthy and concentrated clusters. In the winery, vinifications are spontaneous and without even the addition of sulfites, very long fermentations with indigenous yeasts and aging in used barrels minimum 18 months without clarification and filtrations before bottling so as to keep the wine in its primordial state. It may seem against the grain, but drink one of his wines and you are sure to be surprised.