La Petite Cave

In the glass

Aroma: blackcurrant, violet, fresh tobacco, wet stone

Palate: cassis, fine tannin, graphite, saline mineral length

Single-vineyard Bourgueil from a tuffeau-limestone parcel at Benais. Yannick and Benoit Amirault's structured, age-worthy Cabernet Franc with cassis and graphite.

What it pairs with

• Rack of lamb with herbs
  Herbal lamb and the wine's tobacco-and-violet register align.
• Beef cheek braised in Bourgueil
  Local braised-beef tradition: long-cooked beef echoes the wine's mineral and graphite.
• Aged Comte 24 months
  Nutty hard cheese and the wine's saline length are mutually flattering.

History

Yannick Amirault founded the domaine in 1977 and was joined by son Benoit in 2003. La Petite Cave comes from old-vine tuffeau parcels at Benais and is the estate's structured Bourgueil flagship.

1. 1977: Yannick Amirault establishes the domaine at Bourgueil
2. 1985: First vintage of La Petite Cave
3. 2014: Full biodynamic conversion across the estate

Facts

Producer

Domaine Yannick Amirault · visiting guide

Grapes

Cabernet Franc (100%)

Classification

Bourgueil AOC

Oak

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

ABV

13.5%

Price

EUR 26 to 38 at retail

Drinking window

8 to 20 from vintage

First vintage

1985

Biodynamic

Biodynamic Practicing

Organic

ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Vegan

Yes (no animal-derived fining)

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