2018 Bourgueils from Stéphane Guion!
2018 Bourgueils from Stéphane Guion!
Stéphane Guion made sensational Bourgueils in 2018 and we are nearing the end of stock for both the "Cuvée Authentique" and the "Cuvée des Deux Monts." (2019s are on the way!) Organic since 1965 and now certified Biodynamic as well, Domaine Guion produces some of the most delicious and affordable wines of the Loire!
2018 Bourgueil "Authentique" (formerly the "Cuvée Prestige"): "A wine from beautifully mature grapes" says Stéphane "giving superb aromas of very ripe black fruit confit with a savory mineral character on the palate, accompanied and enveloped by firm, ripe tannins with wonderful length, giving a very balanced wine and promising long cellaring. For me a magnificent vintage that I will want to revisit frequently!" Enjoy this wine over the next 10 to 15 years!
The 2018 Bourgueil "Cuvee des Deux Monts" is from 70-80 year-old vines in "Petits Monts" and "Grand Monts" towards the top of the slope above Benais, facing roughly south-west, clay over Turonien limestone (tuffeau, craie micacée). 18-month élevage ; 40% in cuve inox, 20% in one new 400 liter barrel, 20% in one-year and 20% in two-year old barrels, assembled two months before bottling. This is the terroir giving the most elegant and age-worthy Bourgueils and 2018 is a magnificent vintage for this wine! Forward enough to enjoy now, this will need time to unfold its mysteries and will be a very complex and beautiful mature wine, best to wait 5 years then drink until 2042 and beyond.
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For those of you without enough Cabernet Franc in your cellar, we're happy to offer a few more cases of the profound 2020 Chinon "La Croix Boissée" from Matthieu and Bernard Baudry. This beautiful wine needs about 5 to 10 years in the cellar, then enjoy until 2045 - it's truly "one for the ages."
And for something to drink sooner, we offer current stock from Domaine Baudry and Domaine de la Chevalerie in Bourgueil, making this a Cab Franc Trifecta...
Guion 2018 Bourgueil Cuvee Authentique
2018 brings us another great Cuvée Prestige/Authentique from Stéphane Guion in Bourgueil, whose domaine has been certified organic since the 1960s. From vines averaging 45 years old on thin topsoils of sandy clay over limestone (tuffau jaune) in Benais, a...
$16.99
Guion 2020 Bourgueil Cuvee Candide
This is another beautiful wine from the shy and affable Stéphane Guion who is quietly making some of the best wines in Bourgueil. His 2020 Cuvèe Candide (Formerly Domaine) is from not-so-young (15 to 40 year-old) vines, on clay/limestone terroir...
$14.99
Baudry, Bernard 2022 Chinon Les Grézeaux
One of the most pleasurable red wines of the Loire Valley, the Baudry Chinon "Les Grézeaux" is from a unique parcel of sixty year-old vines near the bottom of the slope in Sonnay (near Cravant-les-Coteaux) on a bed of gravel...
$31.99
Baudry, Bernard 2022 Chinon "Le Domaine"
The Baudry Chinon "Domaine" is always one of our favorite reds from the Loire Valley and it's a sensational value as well. All Cabernet Franc of course, a blend of 70% from a parcel in St. Louans near "Les...
$22.99
Baudry, Bernard 2021 Chinon Les Mollieres
2020 was the first individual bottling of this particular 1-hectare plot, Mollières, which previously was incorporated into the "Domaine" cuvée. Mollières lies to the west of the town of Chinon, on a high spot having both northern and southern exposure....
$31.99
Chevalerie 2015 Bourgueil Peu Muleau
Peu Muleau is located on the upper part of the hill in Bourgueil, just below the forest, on Cenozoic eolian sands with iron, clay and altered limestone tuffeau. The vines are around 35 years old, and farmed biodynamically. The maceration...
$22.99
Chevalerie 2014 Bourgueil Breteche
Bretêche (Domaine de la Chevalerie is the only estate claiming this vineyard name) is the easternmost vineyard, a rented plot on the border of Ingrandes-de-Touraine. On the southwestern exposed upper part of the mid-slope, the vines are planted on a...
$27.99
Chevalerie 2015 Bourgueil Breteche
Bretêche 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...
$28.99
Chevalerie 2019 Bourgueil Noms D'Oiseaux
The new Chevalerie cuvée "Noms D'Oiseaux" is from two parcels symbolic of the domain, each situated at the two extremities of the slope overlooking the Loire. “Nom d’Oiseaux” to warn of the urgent need to respect our biodiversity, not just...
$24.99
