Beauvais

In the glass

Aroma: red plum, blackcurrant, iris, wet stone

Palate: dark cherry, fine tannin, saline mineral, graphite finish

Single-vineyard Bourgueil from the Beauvais terroir at Benais. Mid-weight, structured Cabernet Franc with mineral spine and a graphite finish, distinct from the limestone-driven Grand Mont.

What it pairs with

• Roast pigeon with peas
  Iron-rich game bird and the wine's iron-mineral register align.
• Slow-cooked beef cheek
  Long-cooked beef and the wine's savoury, fine-tannin depth align.
• Goat-cheese souffle
  Loire goat cheese and Cabernet Franc are a regional staple.

History

Beauvais is a single-vineyard cuvee from gravel-clay terroir at Benais. Pierre-Jacques Druet bottled it from 1985 as a companion to Grand Mont.

1. 1985: Beauvais first bottled as single-vineyard cuvee

Facts

Producer

Domaine Pierre-Jacques Druet · visiting guide

Grapes

Cabernet Franc (100%)

Classification

Bourgueil AOC

Oak

14 to 16 months in oak demi-muids, around 15 percent new

ABV

13.0%

Price

EUR 22 to 32 at retail

Drinking window

6 to 18 from vintage

First vintage

1985

Biodynamic

Biodynamic Practicing

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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