About this WINE
Jacky Blot
Jacky Blot runs Domaine de la Taille aux Loups in in Montlouis and Domaine de la Butte in Bourgeuil. 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 employs a late harvest by `tri' to gather the best, ripest fruit, and vinifies his various crus according to their geological profile. He crafts impressive Chenin Blanc wines in Montlouis and Vouvray, whilst his 100% Cabernet Franc La Haut de la Butte in Bourgeuil 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.
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc is widely planted in Bordeaux and is the most important black grape grown in the Loire. In the Médoc it may constitute up to 15% of a typical vineyard - it is always blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is used to add bouquet and complexity to the wines. It is more widely used in St.Emilion where it adapts well to the cooler and moister clay soils - Cheval Blanc is the most famous Cabernet Franc wine in the world, with the final blend consisting of up to 65% of the grape.
Cabernet Franc thrives in the Loire where the cooler growing conditions serve to accentuate the grape's herbaceous, grassy, lead pencil aromas. The best wines come from the tuffeaux limestone slopes of Chinon and Bourgeil where growers such as Jacky Blot produce intense well-structured wines that possess excellent cellaring potential.
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From the Bourgueil property of Montlouis superstar Jacky Blot, this wine’s name literally translates as ‘the foot of the slope’. Packed with rich, juicy black fruit and a warming, toasty lick of oak, this is very drinkable. A fine accompaniment to grilled red meats and autumnal stews.
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