Login

Cart

Your cart is empty
'Terroir Pierre a Fusil' Cuvée de Fié Gris Vieilles Vignes 2020
Domaine Jacky Preys et Fils

'Terroir Pierre a Fusil' Cuvée de Fié Gris Vieilles Vignes 2020

750ml

Sale price$20.00

Fié Gris, an ancient, pink-skinned mutation of Sauvignon Blanc, combines all the mineral zestiness of a young Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé with the body and texture of a rounder wine, with aromas of wildflowers, tarragon, tomatillo, and white peach. On the palate, notes of pear and citrus come forward, backed by a touch of smoke on the finish. This wine is tremendously satisfying on its own as an aperitif or as a partner for seafood, goat cheese, and vegetables.

White • Dry • Crisp, Mineral, Floral, and Fruity

Fié Gris

Sustainable

Loire Valley, France

Tarte flambée, Quiche with spinach and goat cheese
'Terroir Pierre a Fusil' Cuvée de Fié Gris Vieilles Vignes 2020
'Terroir Pierre a Fusil' Cuvée de Fié Gris Vieilles Vignes 2020 Sale price$20.00

Domaine Jacky Preys et Fils

In the village of Meusnes, in the heart of Touraine, Jacky Preys and his son Pascal tend 80 hectares of vines — Pinot Noir, Gamay, Malbec, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay among them. But the family's true legacy is Fié Gris, an ancient, nearly extinct variety Jacky rediscovered in the 1980s: a patch of pink-skinned grapes on old vines that turned out to be pre-phylloxera survivors, later identified as an ancient mutation of Sauvignon Blanc. Since then, he has worked to revive Fié Gris and restore its place as a native Loire treasure.

Though the Preys family runs one of the larger estates in Touraine, it's their devotion to native varieties that sets them apart. They farm sustainably, hand-harvest their oldest vines, and favor minimal-intervention winemaking — using indigenous yeasts and gravity flow, and aging their Fié Gris on fine lees in stainless steel.