If Le Grand Clos is the premier cru of Bourgueil, Les Malgagnes is its peer in Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil. The Amirault family has bottled wine from Malgagnes since 1947 (an auspicious vintage!), and they now farm 2 hectares of 50-year-old vines in this famed lieu-dit on red clay and limestone soils. Malgagnes is initially a powerful wine with ripe fruit that finishes with a delicate minerality that is classically Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil.
