2022 Massican - White Blend Napa Annia

From 40-100 year-old vines, this has much more structure than your typical Nouveau, while still retaining the easy-drinking quality of Chermette's classic Primeur. Red fruits still dominate the nose, but there's a more complex mid-palate and longer finish.

-importer notes

In 2016, Pépière's classic, earliest-release bottling saw an addition to the label, the "La Pépie" moniker, because of the necessity of adding non-estate fruit to the production (Pépière had 85% of their own crop devastated in 2016 due to mildew). It marks the first time the estate has purchased fruit.

It comes from neighboring parcels that match their terroirs and work philosophy. The wine is a combination of said purchased fruit and estate fruit, 50% of which comes from vineyards that could technically produce cru bottlings.

-Importer notes (Dressner)