The wines age in bottle for a minimum of five years and are then disgorged by hand with only 2 g/L dosage
We select wines that will benefit from some extended maturation
followed by blending in November and bottling in January 2022
lingering elegantly on the finish
The wine was partially fermented in seasoned oak barrel and partially in stainless steel tanks with 30% undergoing extended lees contact to increase the complexity in the finished wine
Yannick Amirault Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil Les Malgagnes 2020 Size::1 Bottle The wines age in bottleThe original Yannick Amirault parcel is Les Malgagnes, in St Nicolas de Bourgueil, located on the limestone cte, but not quite so far up the slope as the other three limestone lieux dits which are further along, in Bourgueil. In Les Malgagnes the Amiraults have 2 hectares of vines, split between two parcels, aged on average 50 years. The superficial soils are rich in pale clay, with limestone beneath. Only the fruit from the upper section (above the