Clos des Quarterons Bourgueil "Le Grand Mont" red 2020

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Clos des Quarterons Bourgueil "Le Grand Mont" red 2020

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Grape Variety: 100% Cabernet franc

Origin & Originality: Grand Mont, one of the most well-known lieux-dits of the Bourgueil appellation. This magnificent parcel, located on the high part of the commune of Benais, reveals powerful and deep cabernet francs while maintaining finesse.

Soils: Clay-limestone terroir, the Grand Mont parcels are situated on the middle part of the Turonian, with a clay cover of variable thickness (from 50 cm to 1 meter), rich in micaceous chalk particles.

Vine Management: Our goal is minimal intervention per year, with two to three passes in the inter-rows. The parcel is in natural grass cover only and without mowing. We use Biodynamics as the soils benefit from several applications of Maria-Thun cow manure compost, horn manure, and 2 to 3 applications of horn silica. The majority of our biodynamic preparations come from the Biodynamic Group of Bourgueil. Manual work includes bud thinning and late pruning, around the last fortnight of March.

Vinification: Our objective is to harvest manually perfectly healthy grapes at optimal maturity. The harvest is destemmed and sorted a second time at the winery before being taken to the tanks. We use only indigenous yeasts and vinify without any additives. We carry out a slow and measured infusion for 3 to 4 weeks.

Aging: We transfer the free-run juice into a 10hL clay jar and into 500L barrels. The aging lasts for 24 months, in the Caves du Vau Renou where the wine rests at ideal temperature and humidity.

Tasting: With notes of cherries on the first nose, followed by blackcurrant and pepper, Grand Mont is a wine of great depth and complexity. A voluminous and velvety mouthfeel, combined with notes of red fruits, makes it a cuvée that is salivating and indulgent with great integrity.

Food Pairings: A lamb tagine or a wild boar stew.

Wine-Music Pairing: Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

Serving Temperature: 15°- 16°C

Aging Potential: +15 years