Domaine Yannick Amirault - Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil - La Source - Rouge - 2023

Wine:

A favorite of the Selection Committee, rated 93/100, the 2023 Red Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil La Source opens with a very pure nose, both concentrated and ripe, with charming notes of graphite and black fruits. The structure offers an absolutely perfect texture, dense, mouthwatering, and tight, with fine tannins. A model Cabernet to enjoy over the next 6 to 8 years.

Vinification:

Hand-harvested, 100% de-stemmed, alcoholic fermentation for 3 weeks in open vats with gentle maceration, aged 5 to 10 months in foudre.

Certified organic wine.

Color:

Intense violet-red.

Nose:

Concentrated, ripe and very pure, with notes of black fruits and graphite.

Palate:

A sublimely textured wine, dense, tight and salivating, with delicate tannins.

Temperature:

Serve between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Rack of lamb or small leg of suckling lamb from the Pyrenees, roast beef, veal with chanterelles, monkfish with red wine.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2032

Combining the luscious fruitiness of well-ripened Cabernets with the charming civility of barrel vinification, Yannick and Benoît Amirault continue their exciting exploration of Loire reds through organic farming.

Established nearly a century ago on the limestone terroirs of the Loire, their 19-hectare estate produces wines under the Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil appellations, aged in barrels or sandstone jars.

Awarded 2 stars in the RVF Guide, these perfectionists achieve the perfect resonance, combining a heritage of old vines with flawless virtuosity, creating great wines with penetrating freshness.