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This wine comes from three parcels planted between 1955 and 1957 on silty and sandy topsoils over limestone. The grapes are entirely destemmed, which pushes the wine towards fruit rather than structure; fermentation is natural and takes place in concrete, followed by 12 months in large tronconique barrels. The logic runs opposite to the domaine’s whites, where the Les Moulins bottling ranks above the village wine — with the reds Guiberteau evidently sees it the other way round, and the pricing follows. It is 100 per cent Cabernet Franc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrinking now and worth six to eight years. Serve at 16°C with roast lamb, duck breast or a mushroom and thyme tart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Château de Coulaine stands at Beaumont-en-Véron and has belonged to the Bonnaventure family since the fifteenth century, one of the oldest continuously held estates in Chinon; its vineyards have been farmed organically since the 1990s. The estate bottling is the house's introductory red, drawn from the lighter gravel and sand parcels rather than from the named old-vine plots the domaine keeps separate. Fermentation is carried out without heavy extraction and the wine is raised in tank and older wood, so it is bottled with its fruit and its herbal, graphite-edged Cabernet Franc character intact rather than masked by oak or tannin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMedium-bodied, fresh and peppery, it suits charcuterie, roast pork and grilled vegetables, and is very good served lightly chilled at around 15 to 16 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Domaine Yannick Amirault works some forty parcels across Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, farmed organically and picked by hand, and is now run with Yannick's son Benoît. La Source is one of the domaine's named Saint-Nicolas bottlings, made in the house manner with indigenous-yeast fermentation, gentle extraction and élevage in tank and used wood rather than new barrel, so the wine keeps the transparency and aromatic lift the sandy soils give it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFragrant and medium-bodied with fine tannin, it suits charcuterie, roast poultry, pork and mushroom dishes and is good lightly chilled; serve at around 16 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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The best sites climb off the sand and gravel terraces near the river onto the clay and limestone slope below the plateau, and it is here that Les Malgagnes sits. Yannick Amirault took over the family holding in the early 1980s and has farmed organically for decades, working the soils, harvesting by hand and fermenting with indigenous yeast. The fruit is destemmed, given a long maceration and matured in seasoned oak barrels rather than new wood, so the wine keeps the firm, savoury frame that old-vine Cabernet Franc gives on limestone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStructured and long, with the graphite-edged grip typical of the site; it suits roast lamb, duck and hard cheeses, and rewards a few years in bottle. Serve at around 16 to 17 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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This bottling takes the same fruit as the classic cuvee but replaces barrel ageing with terracotta amphora, a vessel that allows a slow, gentle exchange of oxygen without adding any oak flavour. The result is a more transparent reading of the site. The Amirault family works organically, ploughs between the rows, picks by hand and ferments with the vineyard's own yeasts, with a long maceration in the vat before the wine is transferred to amphora for its elevage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePure and mineral in style, with fine tannin and no oak framing; it works with roast poultry, charcuterie and grilled vegetables. Serve at around 16 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Le Grand Clos is a walled parcel on that slope, with older vines rooted in clay over limestone, and it is the cuvee Yannick Amirault has long used to show what Bourgueil can do. The vineyard is farmed organically, ploughed and picked by hand. The fruit is destemmed, fermented with indigenous yeast and given a long maceration, then matured in used barrels so the wine's structure comes from the site rather than the wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirm and savoury with real depth, it calls for roast or braised red meat, game birds and mushroom dishes, and will keep well. Serve at around 17 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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At 0.21 hectares it yields only a barrel or two, about 1300 bottles in all. Everything is done by hand: organic farming, ploughing between the rows, hand harvesting and fermentation with the vineyard's own yeasts. The fruit is destemmed and macerated slowly before a long élevage in seasoned oak, with no new wood, so that the clay over limestone character of the parcel carries the wine rather than the barrel. Bottling is unfined, with minimal handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA concentrated, tightly wound Cabernet Franc built for the cellar; serve it with roast lamb, beef or aged cheese, decanted, at around 17 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Jour de Soif comes from the lighter sand and gravel terraces closer to the river rather than the limestone slope, soils that give a supple, open style of Cabernet Franc. The fruit is picked by hand, destemmed and fermented with indigenous yeast, with a short, gentle maceration to keep extraction light. Elevage is in tank rather than barrel and the wine is bottled young with very little sulphur, preserving its juicy fruit and bright, crunchy texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA light, chillable Bourgueil for charcuterie, rillettes, roast chicken and picnic food. Serve lightly chilled, at around 14 to 15 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Older vines on that clay and limestone give small berries and a firmer, more mineral expression of Cabernet Franc than the terrace plots. Farming is organic, with ploughing in place of herbicide and a hand harvest. The grapes are destemmed and fermented with indigenous yeast, macerated slowly in vat, then given an extended elevage in seasoned barrels so the tannin settles without picking up new oak character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSerious and structured, best with roast lamb, beef, game or aged cheese, and worth decanting. Serve at around 17 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Vines struggle there, roots run deep into the rock, and the wines carry a chalky, tightly drawn structure that sets them apart from the softer terrace Bourgueils below. Domaine du Bel Air farms organically, ploughing between the rows and picking by hand. The fruit is destemmed, fermented on indigenous yeast and macerated at length to draw out the fine tannin the site gives, then aged in used oak barrels for an extended period before bottling with minimal intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA long-lived, mineral Bourgueil for roast and braised red meats, game and mature cheese; decant and serve at around 17 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Sites with the thinnest topsoil, such as this one, give tauter, more mineral Cabernet Franc. Arnaud Lambert has farmed the family vineyards organically since taking them over from his father, working the soils and harvesting by hand. Fermentation runs on indigenous yeast with a gentle extraction, and elevage takes place in a mix of tank, foudre and used barrel so that the limestone imprint is not covered by oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFine boned and savoury, it suits roast veal, duck, mushroom dishes and semi-hard cheese; serve at around 16 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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