Domaine Chevalerie Bourgueil Chevalerie 2001

A Domaine de la Chevalerie red wine

(SL0000000377)

Our price £12.45 (inc VAT)

Minimum order quantity is 6 bottles.

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Country	France
Region	Loire
Class	Bourgueil - Organic
Grape	Cabernet Franc

Volume	75cl
Style	Full and rich
Organic	Yes

The Caslot family have been farming their domaine of thirty-three hectares since 1640 from their farmhouse which sits on the hill overlooking the vines in the heart of the superb terroir of Restigné. As you enter the courtyard a dark tunnel leads you down to the huge family cellar where you'll get to see row upon row of unlabelled pleasure. These are the massive tuffeau cellars carved into the slopes, their unvarying temperatures providing a perfect haven for the conservation and ennoblement of fine wines. Made from Cabernet Franc grapes, the Caslot Bourgueil is a delightful fresh, yet intense, wine with a floral bouquet and flavours of raspberry and blackberry. He makes several cuvées of varying degrees of intensity and complexity from different soils. Some wines are to be quaffed with a smile and some smoked meats, the more profound versions should be decanted to allow the fruit and mineral perfumes to mingle. As well as harvesting Cab Franc, Caslot has also been harvesting a tidy crop of coup-de-coeurs. Moving on up the Chevalerie is from forty-five year old vines. A deep purple (almost opaque) core leads to a narrow rim - this is a big, concentrated wine. The nose offers a huge whiff of raspberry, blackcurrant and dark cherry aromas, with a touch of cedar/pencil shavings as well as spice and blond tobacco and sous-bois. The palate is dense and rich, with bags of sweet, ripe fruit flavours. There are some healthy tannins here, so saddle that haunch of wild boar and make like a parody of Henry VIII (tearing the meat off the bone, gulping your vinous grog and lobbing the carcase over your shoulder - it's the new courtly behaviour).

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