Chinon red 75cl
100% Cabernet Franc
Domaine Audebert & Fils
Vintage 2024
A word from Cave de France: Grown on sandy-silt soils along the Loire and Vienne rivers, Chinon from Domaine Audebert is a classic of its appellation.
Its light terroir produces supple, fruity, and elegant wines, characterized by fresh red fruit aromas and a delicious palate.
Easily approachable in its youth thanks to its fine tannins and freshness, this Chinon can also gain complexity after a few years in the cellar, while retaining its charming and refined character.
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. Loyal to Cabernet Franc – locally known as "Breton" – the estate cultivates this grape variety on a mosaic of terroirs, from silty sands to calcareous clays, and even gravels. The wines thus faithfully reflect the expression of each parcel and vintage.
Bourgueil wines benefit from varied soils, lending structure and depth: ripe red fruit notes, sweet spices, with supple tannins for young vintages, and firmer tannins on 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, vibrant, and fruity, with remarkable elegance, always supported by a beautiful spring-like 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 deliciousness, perfect to drink young, but capable of developing complexity in the medium term (5-8 years).
The estate combines traditional winemaking – fermentation in stainless steel tanks, indigenous yeasts, reasoned maceration – with careful aging (tank and 600-liter barrels), sometimes in troglodyte cellars, ensuring gentle oxygenation. This approach gives birth to wines of character, balanced, fruity, but also capable of improving with time.
The estate offers guided or self-guided cellar tours, with on-site tastings, and has long been featured on the menus of the best restaurants (Relais & Châteaux, Gault & Millau, Michelin), attesting to strong local and professional recognition.