Jean-Pierre Robinot 2022 L'Ange Vin 'Nocturne' Pinot d'Aunis, VdF (Jasnieres)

Item Number: 21113

UPC: None

Country: France
Region: Loire
Sub Region: Touraine
Appellation/AVA: Vin de France
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2022
Grape(s): 100% Pineau d'Aunis
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 13
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Soil Type: Calcareous Clay

About the winemaker: Jean-Pierre Robinot’s journey into wine began at 22, sparked by a bottle of 1964 Cheval Blanc. His passion quickly deepened, and a chance meeting with natural wine pioneers Jules Chauvet and Marcel Lapierre in the late 1980s set him on a path of true discovery. He soon opened L’Ange Vin, one of Paris’ first natural wine bars, and co-founded the influential wine magazine Le Rouge et Blanc, which remains a cornerstone of natural wine writing in France.
By 2001, Robinot decided that to fully understand natural wine, he had to make it himself. He returned to his home village of Chahaignes in the Loire and began producing wine in the small windows of time between running his Paris bar—his first cuvée, playfully named TGV, nods to the high-speed train that connected his two worlds. Eventually, he moved to the countryside full-time, planting Pineau d’Aunis, Chenin Blanc, and Gamay, and transforming caves carved into the hills into his iconic barrel-filled cellars.
Robinot’s wines are made with no sulfur or additives, often fermenting slowly for years in old barrels. His work may appear chaotic, but it’s a deeply intuitive, meticulous process. Each label—often featuring artwork by him or his daughter—reflects the wine’s unique evolution. Today, he produces two lines: Domaine de l’Ange Vin, from his own vines, and L’Opera du Vin, from trusted local growers. Few winemakers are as patient or as poetic. Robinot simply lets the wine take its time—and it shows.

Vineyards: 5 hectares
Average Vine Age: 80-100 years
Harvest: By hand
Vinification: Spontaneous fermentation in barrels with indigenous yeasts
Aging: 15 months in barrels, sur lie
Fining: None
Filtering: None
Added S02: None

Tasting Notes: This Pineau d’Aunis comes from old vines, some between eighty and one hundred years old, the wine is all about finesse. Delicately perfumed with spice and crushed rock, it’s lifted and linear, with fine tannins and a long, mineral finish. A benchmark expression of this singular grape.