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100% Cabernet Franc planted precisely on the mi-pente of a south-facing slope rising from the Vienne river. La Croix Boissée sits on an outcropping of limestone that imbues this wine with an elegance more often associated with the great wines of Burgundy. The fruit is hand-harvested, de-stemmed and moved by gravity into cement vats where it ferments with native yeasts and without sulfur. The wine then ages in old barrique for two years, followed by two more in bottle before release.
This wine is already on full display with layered aromas of blackberry, cassis, plum, graphite and camphor. The palate is dense and a bit fat yet full of freshness and precision. Its intense concentration of black fruit and earth is balanced by floral elegance and polished tannins. Incredibly delicious, and still one of the great value's in French wine.
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