- Certified organic
- 100% Cabernet Franc
- From the top of the Butte hillside at the northern sector of Bourgueil – the best part of Bourgeuil
- South exposure
- Clay and silex soil over limestone
- 35+ year old vines
- De-stemmed
- Indigenous yeast
- Fermented and aged in a mix of cement and older barrels
- Unfined and unfiltered
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
France
Region:
Loire
Appellation:
Bourgueil
Variety:
Cabernet Franc
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | FR-JBU-02-22 | 12/750ml |
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2021
Decanter
Score
94
Date
2023-08-04
2021
John Gilman
Score
93
Date
2023-11-09
"The 2021 le Haut de la Butte bottling of Bourgueil from Jean-Philippe and Jacky Blot is crafted from thirty-five year-old vines. The wine does not see any new oak during the ,levage, as it is raised in one to three year-old casks. The 2021 comes in at 12.5 percent octane and delivers a superb bouquet of sweet dark berries, black cherries, menthol, cigar wrapper, flinty soil tones, a nice framing of oak, currant leaf and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and nicely elegant in profile, with a fine core of fruit, lovely soil signature, fine-grained tannins and a long, complex and very promising finish. Like all of the Blot family,s Bourgueil bottlings, the 2021 le Haut de la Butte will demand some hibernation time in the cellar before it starts to drink with generosity, but once it is ready to go, it will be outstanding juice. 2030-2065+."
2020
Decanter
Score
93
Date
2022-06-09