Bourgueil "Les Galichets" Domaine de la Chevalerie, Emmanuel and Laurie Caslot 2019

Domaine de la Chevalerie, Emmanuel and Laurie Caslot, Bourgueil

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 unlabeled 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 delight fulf 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.

Les Galichets, from average thirty-year old vines on silica-clay soils, is a firmer, more sculpted style of Cabernet Franc. The nose displays aromas of raspberry and redcurrant, with notes of freshly dyed leather and pencil shavings. The palate is full of fresh, juicy red fruit flavours with a sweet and sour black cherry quality and a chocolatey, savoury richness – pronounced, but elegant tannins are married to refreshing, mouth-watering acidity.

Grape: 100% Cabernet Franc

Biodynamic