Domaine de la Chevalerie "Breteche" Bourgueil 2015

Domaine de la Chevalerie "Breteche" Bourgueil 2015Description courtesy of Chambers Street Wine: 100% Cabernet Franc. Bretche is their easternmost vineyard, a rented plot on the border of Ingrandes de Touraine (Domaine de la Chevalerie is the only estate claiming this vineyard name). On the southwestern exposed upper part of the mid slope, the vines are planted on a meter deep heavier clay with high mica content above the Turonian yellow tuffeau. The vines, biodynamically farmed, are between 25 to 55

”  That is when two thirds of the fermentation happens in tanks

That elevation widens the difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures and brings the vines even closer to cooling breezes from the Adriatic — allowing the grapes to retain their naturally high acidity

'Ageno' is the only dry white wine of the estate

The last time the weather has aligned perfectly was in 2017

In essence

12 months in barrique

a touch of earthy minerality

and I would always try and horde as much of his "Celine" bottling as I could every year

Here you get a version with less sulfur that truly delivers the granite and orthogneiss soils that Fred wants to express

as is the case here

These vineyards are a bit hotter and more exposed to the sun

He’s a winemaker’s winemaker—endlessly reinventing