Sylvie Augereau
Peaux 2019
'Peaux’ is an orange wine fermented and aged in old Georgian amphorae with about 9 months (!!!) of skin contact. Deep, funky and complex, this wine stretches its reach to every part of your palate. Fresh, dense, bold, and aromatic, its striking tannins are balanced by good acidity and a mineral forward palate with florals and ripe fruit. Rustic but refined, with a hyper authentic flare— this is the hallmark of Sylvie Augereau. Benefits from long aeration.
Grape Variety: Chenin Blanc
Region: Loire Valley, France
Tastes like: Apricots, elderflowers, blood orange peel, dry slate
Best with: Herbed cheeses, lean gamey meats, braised leeks, Chinese style roast duck
Size: 750 ml
Alc Content: 13%
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Sylvie Augereau
For two decades, wine journalist Sylvie Augereau has been organizing La Dive Bouteille — the world’s most renowned natural wine festival. Turned winemaker herself in 2014, she has been creating emblematic wines in the town of Anjou in the Loire Valley that are authentic, genuine expressions of their terroir.
a closer look
Behind the Bottle
Producing only 3000 bottles a year on her 1.5 hectares, Sylvie is all natural and biodynamic in both the cellar and vineyards — even expressing certain grapes in clay amphorae and Qvevri, following ancestral principles.
As a scholar and lover of natural wine, she knows exactly what she wants to make as a producer, and does it with skill, precision, and respect for her land and all who came before. She’s quickly become a natural wine icon in her own right.