Yannick Amirault, Bourgeuil
Yannick Amirault overtog sin farfars marker i 1977 - egentlig skulle han have overtaget sin fars marker, men faren brugte kemi i marken, og det ville Yannick ikke. Han ville lave vine som sin farfars - de blev lavet uden kemi og uden klaring og filtrering. Den gang blev det anset for kontroversielt, at man ville lave vin på den "gammeldags" måde; 20 år senere blev det anset for fremsynet. Læs mere
Lush and alluring black fruits swim from the glass, before plunging into a rich palate that shows some present tannins that will soon soften or integrate with food. Intended as the most easy drinking of the Amirault wines, this has nevertheless good length and concentration. Can be drunk now to enjoy the fruit but it would also repay keeping a year or two.
Amirault's 2019 Bourgueil Cote 50 blends the fruit of 35-year-old vines cultivated in four lieux-dits located on the gravel terrace just 50 meters above the Loire. The wine is dark in color and exhibits an intense, wonderfully aromatic yet fine, fresh and elegant bouquet of perfectly ripe dark fruit and even some red berries intertwined with tobacco and graphite notes as well as spicy-stony gravelly tones. Concentrated but fresh, with silky tannins and lovely tart kumquat bitters on the finish, this is an aromatic, fruit-intense and characterful, very elegant and accessible Cabernet Franc for any lunch and dinner based on roasted dark meat. Very charming in its fragrant fruit and ripeness. - Stephan Reinhardt
The 2016 la Coudraye from Yannick Amirault is a beautiful and quite classic expression of Bourgueil, offering up lovely purity on both the nose and palate. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a refined blend of cassis, dark berries, cigar ash, dark soil tones, tree bark and a bit of upper register smokiness. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nicely accessible out of the blocks, with a good core, excellent transparency, moderate tannins and impressive length and grip on the complex finish. This is still a young wine and will only get better as it ages, but is very nicely balanced out of the blocks and already very enjoyable to drink. Lovely Bourgueil.
Benoit Amirault driver 19 ha med fokus på cabernet franc og en håndfuld enkeltmarksaftapninger. Han lagrer på store brugte fade. Lacoudraye er nærmest flydende grøn peber og blyant. La Mine har mere ædel tannin, mens le Grand Clos i toppen af porteføljen har mere hest og krydderi, måske en pikant tone af brett, men har også betydeligt mere intensitet og moden tannin. Efter moderne loire-cab-franc-standarder yderst rimeligt prissatte vine, hvor balancen mellem det tilfældige og vilde og det styrede og professionelle er perfekt. - René Langdahl Jørgensen
