Saint Nicolas De Bourgueil Le Clos
At a Glance
- Size: 0.30 ha (0.74 ac)
- Variety: Cabernet Franc
- Vine Age: Planted in 1990
- Terroir: South-facing, gravelly soil on limestone substrate
- Viticulture: Organic (AB), biodynamic methods
- Vinification: 100% de-stemmed, no SO2 added during vinification, 3-week ambient yeast fermentation and maceration with a few pump-overs, pressed with a vertical press, aged for 4 months in used barrels and an additional 4 months in tank, SO2 only added at bottling.
Additional Info
2015 Vintage:w/p> Harvested by hand with yields of 50 hL per hectare. Bottled July 2016.