Les Quatre Piliers Touraine Première Cuvée Cabernet Franc 2021 collio ripe apple skins

ripe apple skins

cassis and white pepper aromas mix with integrated raspberry

and balanced rum agricole

A creamy raspberry bouquet the palate is luscious with nice sweet berry flavors with hints of plum nutmeg and gentle tannin

and its distinctive aroma and taste

Les Quatre Piliers Touraine Première Cuvée Cabernet Franc 2021 collio ripe apple skinsThere is a real finesse to Valentins red wines, as you might expect, given that he has worked with Thierry Pillot and Rafael Coche in Burgundy. The first of two Cabernet franc wines, this larger cuve stems from a parcel of 45 to 50 year old (on average) mass selection vines in the red clay and silex soils of Saint Aignan. Desloges crops at half the permitted yield for this region, and this wine ferments (with 5% bunches) in stainless steel without