{"title":"Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme","description":"\u003cp\u003ePierre-Olivier Bonhomme came up through the vines of Touraine the hard way -- picking grapes, then learning in the cellar, then slowly building an estate that now stands as one of the Loire's most compelling natural wine addresses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre-O, as he is known, took his first steps in wine as a harvest worker in 2004 at Clos du Tue-Boeuf, the legendary estate of Thierry Puzelat. He returned to study at the Lycee Viticole d'Amboise, graduating in 2008, and then joined Puzelat to help build the Puzelat-Bonhomme negociant project. By 2013, Pierre-O had assumed sole management of the operation, vinifying the production under his own name and beginning to build his own vineyard holdings. Today he farms around 9 hectares across the communes of Monthou-sur-Bievre, Cellettes, and Valaire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/pierre-olivier-bonhomme\"\u003ePierre-Olivier Bonhomme producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"puzelat-bonhomme-la-tesniere-pineau-daunis-2024","title":"Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme La Tesnière Pineau d'Aunis 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePierre-Olivier Bonhomme La Tesnière is a 100% Pineau d'Aunis from the Loire Valley, an ancient and rare red grape variety that survives mainly in the Touraine. Thierry Puzelat, the younger of the two brothers who run Clos du Tue Boeuf, founded this négociant project that has since been continued as Domaine Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme. The wine is aged in futs and demi-muids, producing a light yet complex bottling marked by red fruits, white pepper, and fresh acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772863021272,"sku":"BONHOMME-ROUGEPDA","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/puzelat-bonhomme-la-tesniere-pineau-daunis-2024-deslop.png?v=1784590650"},{"product_id":"pierre-olivier-bonhomme-la-tesniere-blanc-2023","title":"Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme La Tesnière Blanc 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e Domaine Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme is the continuation and evolution of the now defunct Puzelat-Bonhomme négociant project, with Pierre-O having vinified the entirety of the production since 2011 and the switch officially happening with the 2013 vintage.   La Tesnière is 70% Menu Pineau, 30% Chenin Blanc from 60 year old vines, coming from a single parcel of purchased organic fruit called La Roche.   For many years it was released as a Touraine but had to be declassified when the appellation began refusing the use of Menu Pineau.   Winemaking is direct press, co-fermented and aged on the lees in 225l barrels for 12 months. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773568680152,"sku":"BONHOMME-TESNBLAN","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/pierre-olivier-bonhomme-la-tesniere-blanc-2023-deslop.png?v=1784590715"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/pierre-olivier-bonhomme.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}