Domaine de la Chevalerie
The town of Bourgueil lies on the northern bank of the Loire, east of Saumur and not far from Chinon. Lacking a famous son like Chinon's Rabelais, and saddled with an unpronounceable name, it has had to content itself with making possibly the finest of all red Loire wines.
The Bourgueil appellation covers seven communes and the soil is of two distinct types: sand and gravel near the river; clay over tuffa limestone on the slopes. Our vineyard, Domaine de la Chevalerie, is in the commune of Restigné at the centre of the appellation and the Caslot family has been making wine here since 1640.
The farmhouse sits on the hill overlooking the village. As you enter the courtyard, a dark tunnel, its entrance half covered with vegetation, leads down to the family cellar. Hewn into the tuffa behind and beneath the farmhouse, the cellar is so huge that you cannot help fearing that the house itself might fall in upon you at any moment. Here lies the inheritance: row upon row, stack upon stack of unlabelled pleasure!
As a Partner at Domaine de la Chevalerie your allocation of wine is:
Bourgueil Vieilles Vignes (red) - two different vintages
2 cases (24 bottles) maximum of each vintage
Your wine is available in April each year; Partners joining after March 1st in any year will receive their Option the following year.
Domaine de la Chevalerie is an AOC Vineyard
A row of vines for 1 year £75
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A row of vines for 5 years £300
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Vineyard code: GCASL