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Yannick Amirault Estate - Bourgueil Les Quartiers 2022

Domaine Yannick Amirault - Bourgueil Les Quartiers 2022

92/100

RVF

92/100

Bettane & Desseauve

92/100

Vinous

Cabernet Franc
red berries
powdered tannins
limestone

"Powdery tannins and generous density, carried by the freshness of the limestone terroir."

"Les Quartiers 2022 was the last to be harvested. Its youthful, ripe style reflects the hot, sunny, dry season. Its maturity is almost Mediterranean, but its freshness and chalky character bring you back to the Loire, offering beautiful finesse and length. Black cherry and chocolate combine with a subtle menthol note, but without any trace of greenness or peppery spices." (Vinous 2025)

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Estate

Domaine Yannick Amirault

Vintage

Les Quartiers

Vintage

2022

Designation

Bourgueil

Region

Loire

Grape varieties

Cabernet Franc

Terroirs

Chalky soils, tuffaceous plot (high active limestone)

Viticulture

Certified organic

Grape harvest

Manual, grape sorting

Wine making

Complete destemming without crushing, alcoholic fermentation in truncated cone-shaped wooden vats, maceration for 4 weeks.

Livestock farming

24 months, 45% in 4.5L casks, 35% in 400L barrels, and 20% in 600L stoneware jars

Alcohol content

14.5%

Organic

Yes

Eye

Dark red with purple highlights

Nose

Complex red fruit flavors with a hint of woodiness

Mouth

Refined and delicate, vibrant acidity, finely crafted, with powdery tannins

Serve

At 15-16°C

Drink before

2034

Food and wine pairings

Food and wine pairings

Pairs well with wild boar stew, baked Camembert, braised capon, fresh goat's cheese...

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Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (2026 guide) 92/100

Rated estate (2026 guide) 3 stars (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)

About the estate:

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

Hachette Wine Guide

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated estate (2026 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the estate:

Present in Saint-Nicolas and Bourgueil, Yannick Amirault is one of the stalwarts of these two appellations. It is now his son Benoît who cultivates (organically) the estate's 19 hectares.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

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

About the estate:

 

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide to the Best Wines of France

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

Wine rated (2026 guide) 92/100

Rated estate (2026 guide) 2 stars (These very large estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About wine:

The 2022 Quarters, more solar, is also more difficult to pin down at this stage. Its impressive concentration and stature need at least four to five years to blend.

About the estate:

Benoît arrived at the family estate in Bourgueil in 2003 to continue the family adventure started by his father Yannick in 1997. Two-thirds of the vineyard is located in Bourgueil, with the rest in the neighboring Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil appellation. You can sense the winemakers' perfectionism and their desire to express the terroir through very silky and civilized Cabernet Franc wines that retain their vibrant fruitiness. The estate has been certified organic since 2009 and the wines are gaining in purity every year thanks to increasingly precise vinification methods (conical wooden vats, barrels and stoneware jars). The 2022 and 2023 vintages delight us with their frank, clear expression and finesse.

Vinous

Vinous

Wine rated (2025 guide) 92/100

About wine:

Les Quartiers 2022 was the last to be harvested. Its youthful, ripe style reflects the hot, sunny, dry season. Its maturity is almost Mediterranean, but its freshness and chalky character bring you back to the Loire, offering beautiful finesse and length. Black cherry and chocolate combine with a subtle menthol note, but without any trace of greenness or peppery spices.

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