Region: Loire Valley, France

Producer: Jean Pierre Robinot

Robinot is a capital-N Natural winemaker. The Loire valley vigneron who works dutifully alongside his daughter, Juliette has been unwavering in his commitment to organic farming, meticulous, unfiltered bottling, and low sulfur production since he began making wine 2001. At the time, hed been running a wildly successful wine bar in Paris (since the 80s), but it was only in the early aughts that he determined to return to his hometown to actuallymakewine (his first cuve is namedCuve TGVfor the high-speed train he took back and forth between Paris and the Loire Valley). As something of a household name, hes most adored for his fun, dry,ever so slightlyeffervescent pt nats. While its been observed that the man runs a rather charmingly chaotic operation, he certainly knows what hes doing.

Varietal: Chenin

This crisp-as-hell, crunchy pt nat is true summer wine at its finest (refreshing enough to convince you that it might just behydrating). Up front, youll get waxy notes of tree fruit (pear, apple, lemon) while the finish skews more towards smoky, earth tones.