Deux Grenouilles
2016 White Blend from Eleven Confessions, Cumulus, and Bien Nacido Vyds
- 36% Roussanne, 29% Chardonnay, 23% Viognier, 9% Petite Manseng, and 3% Muscat.
- Entirely from estate fruit with the exception of Chardonnay from Bien Nacido Vineyard.
- Aged in 26% concrete eggs, 26% used barrels and 48% new oak.
- Shipped November 2018.
- The name
Deux Grenouilles
is French for Two Frogs
.
- The photo on the front label includes a
Citroën 2CV.
2CV stood for
deux chevaux
or deux chevaux-vapeur,
which translates from French to
English as two steam horses
or two tax horsepower,
a reference to the low cost of registering the car,
and more generally the low cost of buying and maintaining the car. It has many parallels to the Volkswagen Beetle.
This was the car Manfred wanted when he turned 18 years old.
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Deux Grenouilles came wrapped in gray tissue paper:
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Magnum
To my knowledge, Deux Grenouilles was not bottled in Magnums or Double Magnums.
If I am wrong, please let me know.
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