{"title":"Olivier Cousin","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-au-dela","title":"Au-delà 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eBroad, textural Chenin from a single half-hectare plot. With a prickly, perlant energy on opening, the wine shows a wonderful balance of soft edges and angular tension. Vinous orchard fruits, sherbert-y lemon rind, with a zing of passion fruit and its invigorating acidity carrying later notes of ginger spice and stony minerals into the long finish. Taut, electric and lush, this is a wonderful way with the varietal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBunches are de-stemmed and macerated on the skins for 9 days before being gently pressed off to steel to complete fermentation and rest until the spring. As with all of Olivier's wine, nothing was added or removed at any stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Cousin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55003044839806,"sku":"WAY-COUSIN-AUDELA-23","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Olivier_Cousin_Au_Dela.jpg?v=1739370960"},{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-pur-breton","title":"Pur Breton 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePur Breton is in many ways Olivier's emblematic cuvée. Its name, an indirect way of stating '100% Cabernet Franc' where it is not permitted to be said, a source of consternation for the Anjou appellation and exemplar of the spirit of its maker. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100% Cabernet Franc from his younger parcel of vines planted in the late 90s, the grapes are de-stemmed and vinified in steel. Side-stepping the more vegetal, herbaceous side of the grape, here we have something a little more savoury, spicy and perfumed. There is a lip-smacking vitality to the fruit, and flavours of black cherry have a earthy, sanguine quality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe free-run juice is drained early in the vinification to start fermentation, before being poured back over the crushed grapes to macerate for almost a month. This movement gives the wine a diffused, wide-open feel and seems to draw out more of the dusty spices that characterise the 2024 reds. With a brisk chill, a hunk of fresh bread and a coarse farmhouse rillettes, this is hard to beat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Cousin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55003052638590,"sku":"WAY-COUSIN-BRETON-24","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Olivier_Cousin_Pur_Breton.jpg?v=1739370906"},{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-le-franc-magnum","title":"Le Franc 2022 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Olivier's prized old vines of massale selection Cabernet Franc, grafted by his grandfather in the late 40s. As you'd expect, Le Franc demonstrates\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003evin de garde \u003c\/em\u003equalities that suggest a long life ahead in the cellar - we're happy to offer some with a little time in big bottles, from the 2022 vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDe-stemmed, foot-crushed and fermented in an open-topped wooden vat, it was then pressed and run by gravity into old demi-muid barrels to rest for 18 months before bottling with no additions. The longer ageing of this vintage before bottling smooths out some of the rusticity of more recent iterations, with a silken texture sitting above boldly structured tannic framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpressively vital and alive, with aromas a little like putting your nose in a pouch of rolling tobacco, the black cherry fruits are beautifully deep and have that bitter note of cacao underneath it all. There is a rough-hewn beauty to this memorable wine - imperfect but all the better for it. We can't wait to watch it develop over time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Cousin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55003058471294,"sku":"WAY-COUSIN_FRANC_MAG_22","price":78.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Olivier_Cousin_Le_Franc_Magnum.jpg?v=1739370738"},{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-epingles-qvevri","title":"Qvevri 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eOlivier's experiment with taking a selection of Cabernet Franc from his older vines to fill a single Georgian qvevri that is buried out in the soils of the vineyard. Harnessing the heat from the earth, this is enough for its fermentation to begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most elemental of all of the wines, there are rugged flecks of volatility to the aromatics, with flashes of wild bramble showing themselves in-between. The clay vessel has filed down the tannins, leaving a fine-grained texture that carries the nimble, raspberry liquorice fruits into long, salivating acids. A little nervy and a little wild, but above all a real thrill to drink.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Cousin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55003063746942,"sku":"WAY-COUSIN-KVEVRI-23","price":34.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Olivier_Cousin_Qvevri.jpg?v=1739370634"},{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-le-franc-2022","title":"Le Franc 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Olivier's prized old vines of massale selection Cabernet Franc, grafted by his grandfather in the late 40s. As you'd expect, Le Franc demonstrates vin de garde qualities that suggest a long life ahead in the cellar - we're happy to offer some with a little cellar time, from the 2022 vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDe-stemmed, foot-crushed and fermented in an open-topped wooden vat, it was then pressed and run by gravity into old demi-muid barrels to rest for 18 months before bottling with no additions. The longer ageing of this vintage before bottling smooths out some of the rusticity of more recent iterations, with a silken texture sitting above boldly structured tannic framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpressively vital and alive, with aromas a little like putting your nose in a pouch of rolling tobacco, the black cherry fruits are beautifully deep and have that bitter note of cacao underneath it all. There is a rough-hewn beauty to this memorable wine - imperfect but all the better for it. We can't wait to watch it develop over time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Cousin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56692368408958,"sku":"WAY-COUSIN_FRANC_22","price":39.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/CousinLeFranc23.jpg?v=1765464692"},{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-enfin-du-vin","title":"Enfin du Vin 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeeling that the 2024 harvest from the prized Le Franc vineyard was not suited to the usual barrel treatment, Olivier decided to vinify this fruit in a similar way to Pur Breton - the results are superb and possess the vibrant energy of a primeur. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA little reduced on opening, this quickly gives way to a rapidly-evolving list of aromatics - little red fruits, floral lift, the dusty spice of peppercorns toasting in a pan. Fluid and light on the palate, this nimble, bracing wine is a revelation. Best served lightly chilled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Cousin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56692396982654,"sku":"WAYWARD-COUSIN-ENFIN","price":32.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Olivier_Cousin_Enfin_du_vin.jpg?v=1765555321"}],"url":"https:\/\/waywardwines.co.uk\/collections\/olivier-cousin\/price-30-40.oembed","provider":"Wayward Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}