YANNICK AMIRAULT BOURGUEIL le GRAND CLOS 2021

Founded in 1936 by Eugène Amirault, the Y. Amirault estate is situated on the right bank of the Loire river, limestone land favoured for cabernet franc. Taken over in 1977 by the grandson Yannick Amirault, it has constantly evolved to defend an organic and perfectionnist cultivation of the vine. Today, it is the great-grandson Benoît Amirault who cultivates the ten crus spread over the village of Bourgueil & Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil (19 hectares in total). Each terroir is gardened according to the lunar cycle, picked by hand and then aged individually in casks and/or sandstone jars. As as always, 100% of the wines are produced with grapes from the estate only (no purchase of grapes)

Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"Clos historically classified as a « 1er cru » by the abbey of Bourgueil. Exposure on a hillside with clay and flint on a limestone underlay. Vines planted in the 1970s. Natural grass cover and tillage under the row.

100% hand harvesting. Double sorting of the grapes with destalking (no crushing). Alcoholic fermentation in cone oak vats, skin maceration during 4 weeks. Aging during 14 to 20 months (75% in 400L casks, 25% in sandstone eggs). 

A kind of aristocratic style. Dense and onctuous, this cuvée elegantly reveals an exceptional terroir. Drink now through 2035."