Domaine Jourdan
2015 "L'Arcestrale" Chinon Cabernet Franc

The top cuvée, L'Arcestrale, is an homage to fine Bordeaux, made only in good years. This comes from the domain's best Cab Franc vines, which grow in two parcels on the plain and the hillside, and the wine is aged in wood, 25% of which is new. The result is pure, concentrated-yet-elegant Cabernet Franc using organic principles from average 45-year-old vines. Perfume and fruit purity are the hallmarks of Pichard & Jourdan wines.

Fleshier, juicier and more energetic, more open-knit and accessible. Chewy on the palate, vibrant with a brighter fruit profile of blackcurrant, black cherry and racy strawberry. A prettier vintage for sure...2014 would be more like Napa in 2013, the 2015 more like Napa in 2015. Sexy juice!