Pineau des Charentes Vieux Maxime Trijol

Pineau des Charentes Vieux

Pineau from the house Maxime Trijol, is a delicious soft and tasty wine with a very long and persistent aftertaste. It is a wine that can be used for many purposes, from aperitif to scallops. The serving temperature is crucial for what it can be used to cook.
Try possibly dried apricots with crème fraîche on top, drizzle Pineau and a little sugar over the crème fraîche and have another glass. Easy and quick tasty dessert.

Pineau des Charentes Vieux is produced from a combination of the grapes Ugni Blanc, Montils and Colombard. Pineau is produced by adding Cognac (at high strength) to the unfermented must. The wine is then stored for a minimum of 5 years.

Serving temperature:

Pineau can be served at different temperatures depending on the occasion and food:

At 5-8° as a good aperitif
At 10-12° for Foie Gras, fatty fish, scallops or mussels.
At 15-17° for blue cheese or chocolate cake.

The Trijol family:

The Trijol family installs the first distillation apparatus way back in 1859. Then they began the production of cognac in the very heart of the Cognac region. Four generations have subsequently been responsible. All at a calm but safe pace, the capacity has been expanded over the years. Maxime Trijol today produces "eaux-de-vie" from twenty Charente stills, and is today the region's largest family-owned producer. The vast majority of cognac is sold to the big players, but the family has chosen to sort the products a bit, and even takes the absolute best casks, which are then bottled under their own name.