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Yannick Amirault Saint Nicolas De Bourgueil La Mine 2019 750ml

size
750ml
country
France
region
Loire Valley
WA
92
Additional vintages
2021 2019
WA
92
Rated 92 by Wine Advocate
From vines averaging 40 years of age rooting in the clayey gravel soils of the slopes of Les Malgagnes and the lieu-dit La Mineraie, the 2019 Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil La Mine is a fragrant, fine and elegant Cabernet Franc with transparent fruit, remarkable freshness and silky tannins. The finish of this full-bodied wine reveals a tight structure combined with refreshing lime and grapefruit bitters. The tannins are fine and crystalline and interwoven with a delicate salinity. Lots of concentrated red fruit aromas and floral notes on the delicate nose that behaves like a Pinot Noir made from Cabernet Franc. The grapes were destemmed and fermented in an open wooden fermenter for four to five weeks before the wine aged in oak and stoneware for eight to 10 months. Tasted in June 2021. ... More details
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Yannick Amirault Saint Nicolas De Bourgueil La Mine 2019 750ml

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Varietal: Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc varietal grapes are a key ingredient in many of the finest wines in the world. For centuries they have been used in their native France for balancing out and adding their unique flavor and aroma to the finest wines of the Bordeaux region, and in more recent decades, they have been used all over the New World in attempts to emulate this most illustrious of wine styles. Alone, Cabernet Franc is an exciting, rich and elegant wine grape, producing wines packed full of interesting and highly aromatic characteristics. Violets, tobacco, bell pepper, blackcurrant and several other notes are regularly found within wines made from this grape, and the rich, pale garnet red color they offer makes them a favorite for both vintners and wine drinkers around the world.
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Region: Loire Valley

Within France, the one region most closely associated with fine white and rosé wines is surely the Loire Valley. With over eight controlled appellations, and a relatively large expanse of land covering this wide valley, the Loire Valley is an ideal location for wineries wishing to produce large quantities of excellent quality vines for their wine production. Indeed, this region has been associated with excellent white wines for over a thousand years, with it once being the favorite wine region for the crowned heads of England, France and beyond. Today, it produces a wide range of white wines, and several rosé and red varieties also. It is also widely celebrated for being home to some of France's most lively and fruity sparkling crémant wines, which more than match those produced in nearby Champagne.
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Country: France

French winemakers are subjected to several laws and regulations regarding the wines they produce, and how they can be labeled and sold. Such procedures are designed to increase the overall quality of the country's produce, and also to ensure that wines made in each particular region or appellation are of a character and type which is representative of the area. Thankfully for consumers of wine world-wide, the French have a particularly high reputation to uphold, and seem to do so flawlessly. Every year, wineries from all over France produce millions upon millions of bottles of fine wine, making the most of their native grape varieties and the excellent terrain which covers most of the country. From the expensive and exquisite red wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy, to the white wines and cremants of central France, the French are dedicated to providing the world with wines of the highest quality and most distinctive character.