Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil La Mine

Yannick Amirault

Appellation: Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Variety: Cabernet Franc
Age of Vines: 40
Farming: Certified organic
Soil: Clay limestone, gravel
Altitude: 50 meters
Fermentation: Hand harvested in successive passes, destemmed, natural yeast fermentation in oak vats, 4-5 week maceration
Aging: 8-12 months in 400L French oak barrels and sandstone amphorae, vegan

Press Review

Seamless and suave with a firm core of fruit and a rich, slightly sweet mineral-inflected finish

- Yohan Castaing, 2022 vintage

Overview

La Mine is sourced from several plots of gravelly clay soils including a parcel called La Mineraie situated at the foot of Malgagnes. Totally about 1.5 hectares altogether, these parcels express themselves with red fruit flavors with notes of angelica and graphite finishing with soft, well-integrated tannins.