2019 Domaine Plageoles ‘Le Braucol’ Gaillac, Southwest

The wines of Gaillac are on the map today as wines of quality due to the hard work and adventurous spirit of the Plageoles family. It all started with Robert Plageoles, who took great pride in bringing back the lost indigenous varieties of the area. He researched and replanted over a dozen varieties indigenous to Gaillac that had all but vanished. Robert did the hard work, often going into the forest to find wild vines growing and going to seed banks to resurrect these grapes. It is a family affair, Robert’s son Bernard continued this work, and now his sons Florent and Romain have taken up the cause of natural wines in Gaillac. Why do we like it?