Domaine de la Cotelleraie - L'Envolée 2011

Name: Domaine de la Cotelleraie - L'Envolée 2011
Brand: Domaine de la Cotelleraie
Rating: 3.8 (6 reviews)

Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil|Red wine

Loire

Red

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3.8/5 (6 customers)

15,5/20

RVF

"L'Envolée 2011 pushes the maturity envelope: dense tannins, depth, but fruit that's a little candied." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2015 - RVF). A Saint-Nicolas of superb softness on the palate, velvety, with great fruit intensity and a long finish. Richness, complexity, elegance, it's all there!

Features

Estate

Domaine de la Cotelleraie

Cuvée

L'Envolée

Vintage

2011

Designation

Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil

Region

Loire

Grape varieties

100% Cabernet Franc vieilles vignes

Terroirs

flinty clay, gravel

Viticulture

organic farming, vineyard conversion in progress

Harvest

manual

Winemaking

malolactic fermentation takes place in oak barrels

Breeding

12 months in oak barrels

Alcohol content

12,5 %

Tasting & pairing

Eye

dark red colour

Nose

great finesse on the nose, powerful and elegant at the same time

Mouth

softness on the palate, velvety, with great fruit intensity and a long finish. Richness, complexity, elegance.

Serve

decant at 14-16°C

Open

1/2 hour before

Drink from

2015

Drink before

2021

Production

sorting before destemming, maceration for 3 to 4 weeks

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with red meats, game, crusted veal shank, pot-au-feu...

Domain de la Cotelleraie

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Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domain rated (2018 guide) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)

About the domain :

Gérald Vallée insists on respect for the grapes, and strives to convey in his wines all the elegance and delicacy that the appellation's highly varied terroir allows.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

Domain rated 1*Star (Serious production)

About the domain :

Gérald Vallée cultivates 27 hectares of Cabernet Franc, all of which have been converted to organic farming, with all the care one can imagine: tilling the soil, leaf thinning... The entire production is claimed as Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil appellation. In the cellar, no yeast or enzymes are added to the vats.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated (2015 guide) 15.5/20 (Good wine)

Domain rated (2018 guide) Selected (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the domains that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the wine:

L'Envolée 2011 pushes the maturity envelope: dense tannins, depth, but slightly candied fruit.

About the domain :

Gérald Vallée set himself the challenge of switching to manual harvesting in 2004, when 90% of the Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil appellation was still machine-picked. Good for him, because his wines, which used to appear episodically in our tastings of each new vintage, have since earned their stripes as great Cabernet Francs. We love the precise fruitiness of the entry-level wines, the chalky tension expressed in Le Vau Jaumier, a hillside cleared twenty years ago, and the mellow spirit of L'Envolée, a deep, opulent Bourgueil.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.8/5

on 6 reviews