{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-pur-breton-2024","title":"Olivier Cousin \"Pur Breton\" 2024","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePress 4 Mix\/Red • June\/July 2026 Direct Press Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlivier Cousin is in semi-retirement these days. He has fully earned his stars as a natural wine pioneer in the Loire Valley. He's scaled back his production and given up most of his acreage to his son Baptiste, who is a leading natural wine figure in his own right. Cousin's wines are still as wild and uncompromising as ever, yet I also am pleased to find they withstand a level of scrutiny that separates them from lots of natural wine that is later to the party. They are not just funky, they are not simply a checklist of clichéd natural wine 'flaws.' Instead, they are deep, soulful wines with structure, power, and a playful spirit — and some funk, of course, but not enough to dominate, only enough to add layers and color. Cousin is not cashing in on a trend, he is a true believer who has gone on trial, literally, for making wine the way he does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Pur Breton' is 100% Cabernet Franc, planted in the 1980s. The grapes are hand-harvested, brought to the winery by a horse, destemmed and gently pressed. Only natural yeasts are used and the juice undergoes an extended maceration. Aged in old oak barrels. It's a crunchy wine this vintage, lighter and snappier than previous versions. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAromatically complex, with dried flowers, wild raspberry, and a whiff of the horse barn. Blueberry skin, white pepper, and a little graphite. Mouth-coating but light and invigorating all the same. Chill it down for lamb burgers, grilled asparagus, or \u003cem\u003ebo ssam.\u003c\/em\u003e Zero sulfur added. \u003cem\u003eJonathan Kemp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JENNY \u0026 FRANCOIS 2:30 4cs\/$400","offers":[{"title":"Red","offer_id":48599599907051,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1270\/3173\/files\/F495DC42-8900-41A9-9351-1B30C9D0F7C7.jpg?v=1780083578","url":"https:\/\/vwm.wine\/products\/olivier-cousin-pur-breton-2024","provider":"Vanderbilt Ave Wine Merchants | 573 Vanderbilt Ave | Brooklyn NY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}