Jacky Blot
Domaine de la
Butte is located half-an-hour's drive west of Tours, in the
appellation of Bourgueil , whose
south-facing Ice Age terraces comprise a well-drained soil of sandy gravel
& limestone pebbles. At the top of the slope lie purer limestone rock, and
it is from here that `Le Haut' comes.
Already in the wine business before making wine himself , Jacky Blot started 15 years ago with buying vineyards in Montlouis. He now works on 40 hectares on Montlouis, Vouvray and Bourgueil appellations and he is the founder of the internationally acclaimed Domaine de la Taille aux Loups.
He employs a late harvest by `tri' to gather the best, ripest fruit, and vinifies his various crus according to their geological profile. His 100% Cabernet Franc La Haut de la Butte comes from vines planted in 1997, lovingly raised in an unofficially organic setting.
Two-thirds of the fermentation takes place in 70hl wooden, a third in barriques. The wines are supple, gently couching the roll of juicy, fleshy red/black fruit on the palate, while the nose is beautifully clean, ripe and still quite dense.
Already in the wine business before making wine himself , Jacky Blot started 15 years ago with buying vineyards in Montlouis. He now works on 40 hectares on Montlouis, Vouvray and Bourgueil appellations and he is the founder of the internationally acclaimed Domaine de la Taille aux Loups.
He employs a late harvest by `tri' to gather the best, ripest fruit, and vinifies his various crus according to their geological profile. His 100% Cabernet Franc La Haut de la Butte comes from vines planted in 1997, lovingly raised in an unofficially organic setting.
Two-thirds of the fermentation takes place in 70hl wooden, a third in barriques. The wines are supple, gently couching the roll of juicy, fleshy red/black fruit on the palate, while the nose is beautifully clean, ripe and still quite dense.
 
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