Lame Delisle Boucard Bourgueil 'Vieilles Vignes' 2023 Languedoc The results are delightful

The results are delightful

dark mentholated cherries and herbal spice

Vinified in stainless steel and aged for six months in 90% steel and 10% French oak

with a pronounced element of earth and plenty of spice—albeit on a less-structured frame than its brethren from Cornu's more firmly built appellations

Lame Delisle Boucard Bourgueil 'Vieilles Vignes' 2023 Languedoc The results are delightfulLam Delisle Boucards Vieilles Vignes is pure Cabernet Franc exclusively from vines over 40 years of age in the commune of Ingrandes de Tourainepart from the sandy gravel terraces of the lieu dit Louys, and part from hillside plantings in the clay limestone of Mont Sigou. This cuve undergoes alcoholic fermentation in tronconic oak casks with a 10 day maceration, then spends a year in large, very old 25 hectoliter foudres. Invitingly ripe on the nose