Henri Bourgeois - Petit Bourgeois - Rose de Pinot Noir 2023

Food pairing

Great companion of summer food such as grill meats or salads, it also goes marvelously with your cocktail dinners and exotic meals like seafood tempuras or Vietnamese spring rolls. Grilled lemon chicken and poached salmon would also be a great match.

Tasting notes

With elegant and enjoyable flavors, this Rose always brings joy! "A deliciously fruity, dry Rose with ripe and exuberant red fruit flavors, the acidity keeps this wine fresh, crisp and bright. It's light, lively and ready to drink." Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiat.

Viticulture

The grapes come from the slopes of the Loire Valley formerly known as "The Garden of France" due to its temperate climate perfect for growing vegetables and of course vines. The king of France used to have their castles and gardens here. It is here on the slope along the Loire river that these Pinot Noir grapes are able perfectly ripen giving this wine a complex bouquet of delicate red berries and flowers.

History

For ten generations now the Bourgeois family has devoted its passion and values to Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, becoming Sancerre’s most well-known producer. The company is now led by the current generation of the family – Jean-Marie and Remi Bourgeois. The winery and family base is the village of Chavignol, and Domaine holdings can be found on a mosaic of plots throughout Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. Each plot is isolated and worked in respect of its origin to reveal, in the most precise and true way, the expression of its terroir, whether we are talking Kimmeridgian marls, flint, or limestone clay soils. We see this expressed in a dizzying array of bottlings, many of which are amongst the most sought after of their kind in the Loire each year.

Vinification

This Loire Valley Pinot Noir takes advantage of the 10th generation of winemaking experience of our family. After a maceration of the harvest a couple of days in vats, the grapes are pressed and then the alcoholic fermentation takes place at 16-17°C in order to have longer fermentations and more intense aromas.

France Loire Valley Val de Loire