Lamé-Delisle-Boucard, Domaine des Chesnaies, Bourgueil Cuvée Prestige, Loire, France, 2017

Producer Profile

Lamé-Delisle-Boucard traces its winemaking roots back to 1869, when Pierre Guyot began producing wine on the estate.

From the beginning, it has remained a true family venture. Pierre’s son-in-law, Jules Lamé, played a pioneering role after the phylloxera crisis by grafting Vitis vinifera vines onto American rootstock—an innovation that helped safeguard the future of the vineyard. Originally, the estate’s wines were sold in bulk to local négociants, but the exceptional quality of the 1947 vintage inspired the family to begin bottling under their own label. Over five generations, unlike many French domaines affected by Napoleonic inheritance laws, Lamé-Delisle-Boucard has remained intact and steadily grown to its current size of 44 hectares.

Viticulture

Clay-limestone soils, on the south-facing slopes of Beauvais, Brunetières and Bézards.

Winemaking

This cuvée is vinified in wooden vats from start to finish. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in conical wooden vats, with punching down and pumping over. Maceration lasted 18 days. Malolactic fermentation in oak barrels.

Tasting Note

Deep black, releasing aromas of black fruits, violets, and undergrowth. The palate, beautifully dense, round and velvet like.

Food Matching

Venison loin or wild boar stew, mushroom and lentil ragout, sainte-marie cheese.