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Domaine du Bel Air, Clos Nouveau 2016 Rouge

Name: Domaine du Bel Air, Clos Nouveau 2016 Rouge
Brand: Domaine du Bel Air
SKU: VBELABOCNRC16M1CCU1
Price: 270 EUR
Availability: InStock

Appellation : Bourgueil

This wine is limited to 1 bottle (s) per person

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- Paris
- 8ème
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Tel: 01 82 82 33 33
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- Pavillon Catelan
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- Bordeaux
- Tourny
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3 Place Tourny, 33000 Bordeaux

Tel: 05 47 50 55 55

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2019
2020

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The product
In details

Ranking notes: La RVF 97/100, Bettane et Desseauve 17,5/20

Flavouring
blackcurrant, Wood Violet, well-bred, delicate , length, chalk, pepper
Vinification
100% destemmed, natural yeasts
Elevage
oak cask , 24 months
Grape Varieties
Cabernet Franc
Tasting temperature
16 °C
Optimal consumption
best from 2026 to 2036
Food & wine pairings
Roast duck with lingonberries, Lamb

The producer

Domaine du Bel Air

The Gauthier family is undoubtedly at the very top of the Bourgueuil appellation, and the estate has been seducing for two generations the amateurs of great wines from the Loire Valley for two generations. Located in Benais, the vines are planted on the most limestone terroir of the region. These tuffeau-chalky soils render amazingly elegant wines, subtle and intense with depth. Pierre Gauthier signs his first vintage in 1995, and an immense work carried out in the vineyard and in the cellars now bears its fruits. The wines however need to be cellared a few years to allow the tannins of Cabernet Franc to polish. A monument among the wines of the Estate: the "Clos Nouveau." This plot, actually surrounded by stone walls, just like in Burgundy, gains its telluric strength from the chalk-tuffeau soil. The wine is aged for 24 months in vats having contained two or three wines, before being bottled with out filtration. After a ten year ageing period, its texture proves the noble roots of a grape variety that is too often maltreated. A voluptuous texture is paired with subtle and chalky tannins, and unleashes indefinite aromas of flowers and graphite.

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