Clos Senechal

In the glass

Aroma: black cherry, fresh tobacco, graphite, wild herb

Palate: dark berry, fine tannin, iron mineral, savoury length

Single-vineyard biodynamic Bourgueil from a 4-hectare clay-and-gravel parcel. Darker, more structured than Trinch, with iron-mineral spine and a savoury, tobacco-laced length.

What it pairs with

• Slow-cooked pork shoulder
  Long-cooked pork meets the wine's fine tannin and iron-mineral register.
• Beef cheek braised in Bourgueil
  Local braised-beef tradition: the wine's iron and tobacco echo the reduction.
• Aged Comte 24 months
  Hard nutty cheese sharpens the wine's saline mineral length.
• Mushroom and lentil ragout
  Earthy fungi and lentils mirror the wine's mineral and forest-floor depth.

History

Clos Senechal is a 4-hectare walled vineyard at Restigne. The Bretons bottle it as a single-vineyard cuvee under biodynamic farming, with minimal sulfite addition.

1. 1990: First vintage of Clos Senechal as single-vineyard cuvee

Facts

Producer

Domaine Catherine et Pierre Breton · visiting guide

Grapes

Cabernet Franc (100%)

Classification

Bourgueil AOC

Oak

12 to 14 months in old oak barrels, no new oak, minimal sulfites

ABV

13.0%

Price

EUR 24 to 36 at retail

Drinking window

5 to 18 from vintage

First vintage

1990

Biodynamic

Biodynamic Practicing

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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