Bourgeuil
Bourgeuil
Chevalerie 2019 Bourgueil Busardières
"Busardieres" is a great vineyard fairly high on the slope in Bourgueil on Middle Turonian limestone with shallow topsoils of clay with pebbles of limestone with mica, always giving a wine that is a bit austere in its youth, very...
$46.99
Chevalerie 2019 Cuvée Chevalerie Bourgueil
We're big fans of the Caslot family at Domane de la Chevalerie, who make soulful Bourgueils from organic/biodynamic vineyards on their superb terroirs. The Chevalerie vineyard is above the winery on mid-slope Turonian limestone with shallow clay and alluvial sand...
$43.99
Chevalerie 2015 Bourgueil Les Galichets
The Chevalerie "Galichets" vineyard is on mid-slope Turonian limestone with clay and alluvial sand and gravel topsoil, rich in silex; the vines average about 60 years of age - similar to the "Chevalerie" parcel but a bit lower on the...
$27.99
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...
$32.99
Chevalerie 2020 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...
$24.99
Guion 2023 Bourgueil Les Pionniers
The new Stéphane Guion 2023 Bourgueil "Pionniers" is dedicated to Stéphane's parents, "pioneers" in organic farming beginning in 1964, among the first in France, and now biodynamic. This is his first wine vinified and bottled with zero-added sulfur dioxide! The wine...
$17.99
Guion 2020 Bourgueil Grand Mont
"The cuvee "Grand Mont" is a Bourgueil from a selection of old vines of Cabernet Franc on the clay-limestone terroir of Grand Mont in Benais. The harvest is done manually selecting the best grapes. The vinification is done naturally, without...
$31.99
Guion 2018 Bourgueil Deux Monts
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...
$28.99
Guion 2019 Bourgueil Cuvée Authentique
2019 brings us another superb wine from Stéphane Guion in Bourgueil, whose domaine has been certified organic since the 1960s. The new Cuvée Authentique replaces the Cuvée Prestige (we're not sure why?) coming from vines averaging 50 years-old on thin...
$19.99
Chevalerie 2015 Bourgueil Breteche
Bretêche is Chevalerie's 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...
$29.99
Chevalerie 2018 Bourgueil "Les Galichets"
Domaine de la Chevalerie's "Les Galichets" vineyard is on the lower part of the Turonian slope just below the "Chevalerie" plot, with clay -alluvial sand and gravel topsoils, rich in silex, giving a wine that is more open and easy...
$27.99
Chevalerie 2024 Bourgueil Rosé Moulin A Vent
"Wow, a Bourgueil rosé from Domaine de la Chevalerie! I can easily drink this all summer (or all year).. it is an easy and crushable wine to have as an aperitif but also shines at the table where all its...
$22.99
Guion 2022 Bourgueil Cuvée Candide
"This wine expresses the natural characteristics of Cabernet Franc without frills or fuss with its aromas of red fruits, mineral flavors, a certain freshness accompanied by a slight tannic structure, it can be tasted now or kept for 4/5 years."...
$17.99
Guion 2023 Bourgueil Rosé
50 years of organic farming (now certified Biodynamic) and great traditional winemaking give this vibrant rosé from Stéphane Guion in Bourgueil its perfect balance with beautiful fruit and great earthy expression of the gravel and limestone/clay terroir. The wine shows...
$16.99
Guion 2021 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 2021 Cuvèe Candide (Formerly Domaine) is from not-so-young (15 to 40 year-old) vines, on clay/limestone terroir...
$14.99
