Lise & Bertrand Jousset Petillant Naturel Rose Exile 2025 CS20231026 and 2021 is a benchmark

and 2021 is a benchmark vintage

Same founding parcel

carried on the delicate salinity that marks all his wines

and his eau de vie is essentially a sustained argument that fruit brandy should taste like fruit

Lise & Bertrand Jousset Petillant Naturel Rose Exile 2025 CS20231026 and 2021 is a benchmarkLise and Bertrand Jousset are among the Loire's most beloved natural growers, working biodynamically around Montlouis. Exile is their pet nat rose, a sparkling wine made the old fashioned way: bottled while still fermenting so the bubbles form naturally, no added yeast, no disgorging, nothing fussy. The result is joyful and a little wild, with bright red berry fruit, a gentle fizz, and a refreshing, dry leaning finish. This is summer afternoon, no