Domaine de la Chevalerie "Breteche" Bourgueil 2017

Domaine de la Chevalerie "Breteche" Bourgueil 2017Description 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

refreshing package

When he returned to Portugal

Grecanico Dorato 50%

The grapes see 1-2 weeks of skin-contact

minerality

wild side of the wine has been tamed with time in bottle

The grapes are then pressed and racked into 600L barrels and the wine is aged on lees for two years without racking

” Her goal was to make a lush

The wines were only sold at local markets but had become so popular that Jacqueline and Yves Balsollier made wine the full-time focus of the farm

I’m always looking for an excuse to drink more of the wines from Hatzidakis

regenerative farming practices

everything else is hands-off