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Domaine Yannick Amirault - Le Grand Clos 2012

Bourgueil|Red wine|Organic

4.2/5 (30 customers)

17/20

Bettane & Desseauve

17/20

Gault & Millau

« Voici une superbe cuvée de Bourgueil. C’est l’alliance de la précision à la matière, singulière et noble qui caractérise Le Grand Clos ; jus de raisin et de fruits rouges intenses, soumis à un boisé subtil et nuancé d’une définition incisive. Grand ! » (Les Meilleurs Vins de France - Gault Millau). Un Bourgueil légèrement fumé au nez, avec une dominante de fruits noirs et une touche mentholée. Une cuvée élégante et raffinée qui fera le bonheur des amateurs, à n'en pas douter !

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Estate

Domaine Yannick Amirault

Vintage

Le Grand Clos

Vintage

2012

Designation

Bourgueil

Region

Loire

Grape Varieties

100% Cabernet Franc

Regions

sols d'argiles à silex, aussi surnommés « Perruches », sur la croûte calcaire

Viticulture

Ecocert-certified organic farming

Grape Harvest

100% hand-harvested with grape sorting

Wine Production

Alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled truncated-cone wooden vats (4-week maceration)

Livestock Farming

24 months in 400-liter barrels

Alcohol content

12,5%

Organic

Yes

Eye

dark ruby color

Nose

légérement fumé avec une dominante de fruits noires et une touche mentholée

Palate

The tannic structure is robust, the texture is silky, and the wine is balanced by just the right amount of acidity. The palate, with its great elegance, reveals this exceptional terroir.

Serve

decant at 16°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink starting at

2015

Drink before

2022

Food and Wine Pairings

Enjoy it with a fillet of venison, a pigeon, veal kidneys, or a rack of lamb roasted with mild spices...

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Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (2015 guide) 17/20 (Reference wine)

Rated estate (2026 guide): 3*Stars (High-quality production that serves as a benchmark in its sector)

About the wine:

Extraordinaire, avec un tannin de folie, racé, subtil et épicé. Une œuvre en construction.

About the estate:

Yannick and Benoît Amirault are perfectionist winemakers who made a natural transition to organic farming. They cultivate 19 hectares of Cabernet Franc, two-thirds of which are in Bourgueil and the rest in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, with a rich heritage of old vines in each area.

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated estate (2026 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines regularly receive awards from the guide)

About the estate:

With vineyards in Saint-Nicolas and Bourgueil, Yannick Amirault is one of the most reliable names in these two appellations. His son Benoît now cultivates the estate’s 19 hectares using organic methods.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

Wine rated 17/20 (Outstanding)

About the wine:

Voici une superbe cuvée de Bourgueil. C’est l’alliance de la précision à la matière, singulière et noble qui caractérise Le Grand Clos ; jus de raisin et de fruits rouges intenses, soumis à un boisé subtil et nuancé d’une définition incisive. Grand !

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Estate 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

Rated Estate (2026 Guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often boasting fabulous terroirs, are must-haves that, thanks to the consistency and excellence of their wines, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers)

About the estate:

Benoît arrived at the family estate in Bourgueil in 2003 to continue the family venture started by his father, Yannick, in 1997. Two-thirds of the vineyard is located in Bourgueil, with the remainder in the neighboring appellation of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil. You can sense the winemakers’ perfectionism and their commitment to expressing the terroirs through Cabernet Francs that are silky smooth and refined, yet retain vibrant fruit. The estate has been certified organic since 2009, and the wines gain in purity each year thanks to increasingly precise winemaking techniques (truncated-cone wooden vats, barrels, and stoneware jars). The 2022 and 2023 vintages delight us with their frank, clean expression and finesse.

Customer Rating

4.2/5

based on 30 reviews