2025 Catherine et Pierre Breton, Brut 'La Dilettante', Vouvray, Loire, France Salvatore Molettieri After being fortified to 15%

After being fortified to 15% abv

Evangelho cropped at the lowest levels in over twenty years

Terroir: Quartz and schist

red fruited take on local tintilla

Winemaking: 75% destemmed

2025 Catherine et Pierre Breton, Brut 'La Dilettante', Vouvray, Loire, France Salvatore Molettieri After being fortified to 15%With three decades' worth of harvests under her belt with her husband, Pierre, plus her own dabbling with Chenin Blanc since 2002, Catherine Breton is undeniably an authority on biodynamic farming and natural winemaking. Using these methods, she produces this fine sparkling Vouvraybone dry thanks to an extremely low dosage, richly honeyed and complex from refermentation in bottle, and mouthwateringly stony from the flinty soil. Sixteen years after