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2021 Bourgueil, Jour de Soif, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Franc
Ready - mature
Rebecca Gibb MW
86/100
Product: 20218103868
2021 Bourgueil, Jour de Soif, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire

Description

Juicy red and dark berry fruit greet the nose and palate with a lovely crisp acidity and crunchy finish. It’s not just the lovely ripe raspberry and blackcurrant fruit, though; there is a further depth to the wine with an earthy spice giving you more than you expect and making it a cut above. Floral aromas of rose petals. This is a wine that offers more.

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Ready - mature
Grape List Cabernet Franc
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine du Bel Air

Critics reviews

Rebecca Gibb MW 86/100
The 2021 Jour de Soif is light, bright and fruity, filled with raspberry and blackberry flavours. It's a lot of fun and a great smasher that skips along with bags of freshness. It's a distinctly cool climate, ripe red. It's not complex, but it is not meant to be; it's a well-made wine that's designed to be fun.Drink 2022 - 2025Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous.com.com (August 2022)
Drink 2022 - 2025
Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous.com (Aug 2022)

About this wine

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.
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