Loire Valley
Ça Chatouille - 2019 - Olivier Le Beau
Le Beau Domaine
Complex nose of jammy red fruits, spices, musk and a hint of roated nuts. Palate: a light, fruity wine with tannins that have mellowed with age. Olivier's second vintage offers us a beautiful, pure Cabernet.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
100% Cabernet Franc from old vines planted in 1984 on a micro-parcel featuring schist soils at the entrance to the plot, and sandstone soils at the end. Organic viticulture and manual harvest, with yields around 32 hl/ha. Vinification: 50% destemmed, 50% whole bunches, 10 days of maceration in vats, gentle pressing, 10 months of aging in vats. Bottled in July 2020, without fining or filtration, just a micro-dose of sulphur at bottling (1gr/hl).
Olivier Le Beau
Olivier Le Beau, a child from the 1977 vintage, founded Le Beau Domaine (i.e. The Beautiful Estate) in 2017 in Saint-Jean-des-Mauvrets, south of Angers. Having grown up in the region, he worked for the Mosse family for a season in 2000, when they started making wine. It was then at Domaine de Rochambeau that he discovered a real interest in the vine and its natural cycle, a major revelation...
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