Domaine du Bel Air (Gauthier), Bourgueil Marsaules, 2021 bdxcount0925 The Amador County vineyard featured

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Domaine du Bel Air (Gauthier), Bourgueil Marsaules, 2021 bdxcount0925 The Amador County vineyard featuredCabernet Franc from BourgueilPierre Gauthier's great grandfather, a pottery worker, first cultivated these vines in 1880. Pierre began estate bottling in 1979; his son Rodolphe joined in 2005. Les Marsaules comes from 60 year old vines on sand and chalk soils. Organic since 2000. Hand harvested, 100% destemmed, 25 day native yeast fermentation in open wood vessels, aged 24 months in second and third use barrels. Yields under 40 hl ha. Five generations