2024 Domaine les Pins Bourgueil 'L'Instant' Rosé

“This is a fresh, snappy berry-driven rosé with delicate floral notes. It's bright and crisp, delicious with or without food. Domaine les Pins has been family run for five generations. They are a small artisanal producer that oversees every stage of the production from start to finish. They have roughly 30 hectares of Cabernet Franc spread out through the Bourgueil and St-Nicolas de Bourgueil appellations, practice sustainable farming, with each and every vine getting singular attention throughout the year. Vines of an average age of 25 years are planted in sandy, clay and gravel soils. Cabernet Franc makes for an excellent rosé; not only does it bring an array of new flavors into the pink world, but the wine has depth and weight that a Grenache or Pinot-based rosé could never achieve. This lovely little wine has aromas of fresh raspberry and white pepper with a subtle presence of culinary herbs in the background. On the palate it has great weight and a stronger red fruit presence than you might expect. The note of white pepper persists and carries through to the crisp and clean finish.”

Domaine Les Pins is a family-run winery in the Loire Valley, with roots dating back to the 1930s, when Jules Esprit established the estate. Now in its fifth generation under the Pitault family, the domaine remains a small artisanal producer overseeing every stage of its winemaking from vineyard to bottle. 

The property encompasses about 30–32 hectares planted exclusively to Cabernet Franc, known locally as Breton, with roughly 28 ha in the Bourgueil appellation and 4 ha in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil. The vines are approximately 25 years old and are cultivated on a mix of sandy, clay, and gravel soils.