Bourgueil ''Sur le Fruit'' - red 75cl X 6 = €7.33 per bottle
100% Cabernet Franc
Domaine Audebert & Fils
Vintage 2023
A word from Cave de France: A convivial and aromatic cuvée, born almost as a family joke to meet the constant demand for "fruit-forward" wines. Made from 100% Cabernet Franc, it perfectly illustrates the fresh and fruity style of the house. Lightly vinified, this light Bourgueil, with intense aromas of fresh red fruits, is easy to drink from aperitif onwards, with its silky tannins and balanced palate. It's a pleasure wine, designed for simple and immediately enjoyable moments.
Domaine Audebert & Fils, rooted in Bourgueil since 1839, is a family estate of over 40 hectares spread across Bourgueil, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, and Chinon. True to Cabernet Franc – locally known as “Breton” – the estate cultivates this grape variety across a mosaic of terroirs, from silty sands to calcareous clays, and even gravels. The wines thus faithfully reflect the expression of each plot and vintage.
Bourgueil wines benefit from varied soils, lending structure and depth: ripe red fruit notes, sweet spices, with supple tannins for young cuvées, and firmer tannins on the clay-limestone terroirs for age-worthy wines from old vines.
In Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, the vines rest on Cenomanian gravels. The resulting wines are lighter, lively, and fruity, with remarkable elegance, always carried by a beautiful spring freshness.
The estate's Chinon wines are planted on silty sands along the Loire and Vienne rivers: here again, they express softness, silky tannins, liveliness, and immediate gourmandise, perfect for drinking young, but capable of developing complexity in the medium term (5-8 years).
The estate combines traditional vinification – fermentation in stainless steel tanks, indigenous yeasts, reasoned maceration – with careful aging (tank and 600-liter barrels), sometimes in a troglodyte cellar, ensuring gentle oxygenation. This approach gives birth to wines of character, balanced, fruity, but also capable of improving with age.
The estate offers guided or self-guided cellar tours, with on-site tasting, and has long been featured on the wine lists of the best restaurants (Relais & Châteaux, Gault & Millau, Michelin), attesting to strong local and professional recognition.