domaine de la Cotelleraie (red)

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Information sheet :
Domaine de la Cotelleraie 2011
AOC: Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueuil, Loire, France
Color: Red
Vintage: 2011
Grape variety: 100% Cabernet franc

Wine produced from organic grapes

Appearance:

A deep ruby red color with a slight brightness.

Nose:
This Cabernet franc has red fruits aromas and a floral fruity note. We recognize a light smell of green pepper.

Palate:
In the mouth, the wine has personality with silky tannins ending with a smooth and delicate note. A full-bodied but subtle wine. A Cabernet franc that goes over the prejudices about the rustic character of his peers!

Wine and food matches:
Serve it between 16°–18°C. It will perfectly accompany your chicken with cream or a vegetable tart.

When should I drink this wine?
It is to be drunk from today and can age 2-3 years.

Why did we choose it?
It is a typical Cabernet franc of the Loire, a large but little known wine making region. Gérald Vallée, its owner, works in his vineyards but also during the vinification. It is an ideal wine to understand the cabernets francs from the Loire and continue our journey across the different productions of the world.

The domain:
The Vallée family has her roots in the wine making lands of Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil since several centuries. This family passes the Domaine de la Cotelleraie from one generation to the next. Across 26 hectares, the vineyards occupy every level of the landscape: the gravels of the terrace, the siliceous limestones of the low hill and the clay gravel hills of the Loire Valley.
The domain has an organic certification. Gérald Vallée works the ground with respect for the nature so as to get the best of the grapes, thus making a name for himself in the appellation Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil.