Winemaker Notes
Notes of ripe, fleshy apples and pear, with hints of biscuit and white almond flour as well as honeysuckle flower. After a few minutes, some honey wax notes, and orange skin notes will start to express themselves - this wine is truly alive. The wine has refined foamy bubbles that fill the mouth and give gripping texture with a light tart and lime juice flavor at first, that turns slowly into a more dense and complex palate with a lingering final and eucalyptus retro-olfaction.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2021 Nature's Revenge Pet Nat Sparkling Wine is one of the front-runners in the Pet Nat category. TASTING NOTES: This wild wine exhibits aromas and flavors of tart limes, dried earth, and wild herbs. Try this with a tray of raw oysters, wedges of Meyer lemons, and mild chilies. (Tasted: January 10, 2023, San Francisco, CA)
Pierre & Antonin are local winemakers who craft delicious wines from the Languedoc region of France. These naturally sparkling wines are organically farmed and made using traditional methods of winemaking. The results are all natural, dry wines made without the addition of sulfites. Crafted by Pierre Caizergues & Antonin Bonnet both from the Languedoc region of France, with artwork by Oscar Lett, UK-French artist based in Brooklyn, NY. The estate is located in the Corbieres region at the bottom slopes of the Montagne Noire. The vineyards there was planted in the mid-sixties and produce natural low-yield due to the low rainfall (35 to 45mm per year only). All wines are organically farmed since they were planted. There is also no treatment in the vineyard especially no additions of any sulfites/pesticides or insecticides. All wines are also vegan friendly.
A term typically reserved for Champagne and Sparkling Wines, non-vintage or simply “NV” on a label indicates a blend of finished wines from different vintages (years of harvest). To make non-vintage Champagne, typically the current year’s harvest (in other words, the current vintage) forms the base of the blend. Finished wines from previous years, called “vins de reserve” are blended in at approximately 10-50% of the total volume in order to achieve the flavor, complexity, body and acidity for the desired house style. A tiny proportion of Champagnes are made from a single vintage.
There are also some very large production still wines that may not claim one particular vintage. This would be at the discretion of the winemaker’s goals for character of the final wine.
An extensive appellation producing a diverse selection of good quality and great values, Languedoc spans the Mediterranean coast from the Pyrenees mountains of Roussillon all the way to the Rhône Valley. Languedoc’s terrain is generally flat coastal plains, with a warm Mediterranean climate and frequent risk of drought.
Virtually every style of wine is made in this expansive region. Most dry wines are blends with varietal choice strongly influenced by the neighboring Rhône Valley. For reds and rosés, the primary grapes include Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Cinsault and Mourvèdre. White varieties include Grenache Blanc, Muscat, Ugni Blanc, Vermentino, Macabéo, Clairette, Piquepoul and Bourbelenc.
International varieties are also planted in large numbers here, in particular Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The key region for sparkling wines here is Limoux, where Blanquette de Limoux is believed to have been the first sparkling wine made in France, even before Champagne. Crémant de Limoux is produced in a more modern style.