Domaine de la Chanteleuserie Bourgueil Beauvais 2012 Bottle:1 luscious and with excellent ripe

luscious and with excellent ripe fruit

earth and smoke

TASTING NOTES: Enticing aromas of blueberry and strawberry jam come to the fore followed by cedar and a hint of exotic spice

a keen line of acidity and the 20% new oak lending a little more weight on the finish

The grapes are then destemmed and crushed and the must is sent to tanks where it is left to cold soak for up to three days

Domaine de la Chanteleuserie Bourgueil Beauvais 2012 Bottle:1 luscious and with excellent ripeDeep purple in color this cabernet franc has a nose of damp forest floor, dry hay, violet, dried rose petal and restrained black and red fruit including raspberry and some vanilla baking spice. On the attack the cabernet franc expresses round, tart, sour, medium plus acidity and a slightly under ripe red fruit character with medium tannin on the finish. A higher acid, cabernet franc that captures the Loire cab franc style. The wine develops some mid