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Domaine Yannick Amirault - Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil Les Malgagnes 2022

Loire

Red

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Drink or Keep

94/100

Bettane & Desseauve

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92/100

RVF

racy
delicate
ripe fruit
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"A great Loire wine of great finesse. Succumb to its mad charm!"

With its crisp, intense fruitiness, Les Malgagnes is powerful and silky. Ripe fruit aromas with balsamic accents emerge from this cuvée. The harmony between tannin and acidity, richness and freshness, is sure to win you over!

Features

Estate

Domaine Yannick Amirault

Cuvée

Les Malgagnes

Vintage

2022

Designation

Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil

Region

Loire

Grape varieties

Cabernet Franc, âge moyen des vignes : 60 ans

Terroirs

Very clayey ochre soil on the hillside above the village of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

Viticulture

Certified organic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Complete de-stemming without crushing and double sorting of the grapes, alcoholic fermentation in truncated wooden vats, with 5 weeks maceration.

Breeding

For 13 months, 80% in 450 L barrels and 20% in stoneware jars

Alcohol content

14%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Deep, dark color

Nose

Red fruit aromas with a subtle roasted touch, balsamic accents

Mouth

Elegant with an enveloping limestone grain, fleshy, fairly nervous tannins offering a beautiful finish.

Serve

Decant at 16°C

Open

1/2 hour before

Drink before

2038

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with coq au vin, red meats, game, chicken with cream and mushrooms, vegetable pie...

Domaine Yannick Amirault

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (guide 2025) 94/100

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)

About the domain :

Yannick and Benoît Amirault are perfectionist winegrowers who have naturally converted to organic methods. 19 hectares of Cabernet Franc, two-thirds in Bourgueil, the rest in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, each with a good heritage of old vines.

Guide Hachette des vins

Guide Hachette des vins

Domaine noté (guide 2025) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

Active in Saint-Nicolas and Bourgueil, Yannick Amirault is one of the established names in these two appellations. His son Benoît now cultivates the estate's 19 hectares of organic vines.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

About the domain :

 

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

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

Wine rated (guide 2025) 92/100

Domaine rated (guide 2025) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the wine:

Very carefully crafted, Les Malgagnes needs more time to digest its ageing in wood, but develops extraordinary concentration.

About the domain :

Benoît joined the Bourgueil family domaine in 2003 to continue the family adventure initiated by his father Yannick in 1997. The vineyards are divided between Bourgueil (two-thirds) and the neighboring Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil appellation. You can sense the winemakers' perfectionism and their desire to restore the expression of terroirs through very silky, civilized Cabernet Francs that still retain their bright fruit. The estate has been certified organic since 2009, and each year the wines gain in purity thanks to increasingly accurate vinification (truncated wooden vats, stoneware barrels and jars). The 2022 and 2023 delight us with their frank, clean expression and finesse.

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