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Catherine & Pierre Breton, Bourgueil, Nuit d'Ivresse, 2018, 750ml

$41.00
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Nuit d'Ivresse translate to "Drunken Nights" and is a special cuvee made from old vine Cabernet Franc. It's a sultry, dark fruited, savory red wine that is meant to be drank with friends over conversations that take you into the night.

Description

COUNTRY: France

REGION: Loire

APPELLATION: Bourgueil

VARIETY: Cabernet Franc

VINTAGE: 2018

FARMING: Organic, Biodynamic

SOIL: Clay, Limestone

AGE OF VINES: 50+ years

WINEMAKER NOTES: The wine is vinified in barriques and kept in wood for a year then bottled the following December a little over a year after harvest.  This wine is an homage to the methods of Jules Chauvet and does not see a drop of sulfur throughout its lifetime (harvest, vinification, bottling).  Therefore it must be drunk quickly or stored in the dark at a proper temperature (14°C or less).

ABV: 13%