Bourgueil "Nuits d'Ivresse," Pierre Breton
Organic

Bourgueil "Nuits d'Ivresse," Pierre Breton - 2015

Item # 11659 750 mL

Nuits d’Ivresse, or “Drunken Nights”, is the name of a special cuvée of old vines from top clay and limestone sites in Bourgueil. The wine is vinified in barriques and kept in wood for a year then bottled the following December a little over a year after harvest. This wine is an homage to the methods of Jules Chauvet and does not see a drop of sulphur throughout its lifetime.

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Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard. Certified in the country of origin.


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