L'Huisserie

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In the glass

Aroma: blackberry, iron, violet, tobacco leaf

Palate: dark plum, graphite, fine tannin, saline length

Clay-flint single vineyard at Cravant. Denser and darker than Vieilles Vignes, with blackberry, iron and a saline length from the unusual soil mix.

What it pairs with

• Filet of beef au poivre Cream and pepper sauce echoes the wine's savoury depth.More wines for beef and red meat →
• Roast pheasant with black truffle Truffle and the wine's iron-mineral register align.More wines for truffles →
• Saint-Nectaire fermier Soft-rind cow's-milk cheese matches the wine's iron and graphite.

History

L'Huisserie is a single-vineyard cuvee from a clay-flint parcel at Cravant-les-Coteaux. The unusual flint content lends an iron-mineral character distinct from the limestone-driven Coteau de Noire.

1. 2000First vintage of L'Huisserie

Facts

Producer

Domaine Philippe Alliet · visiting guide

Grapes

Cabernet Franc (100%)

Classification

Chinon AOC

Oak

16 to 18 months in oak barriques, around 25 percent new

ABV

13.5%

Price

EUR 28 to 42 at retail

Drinking window

8 to 20 from vintage

First vintage

2000

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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