Catherine et Pierre Breton Chinon ‘Les Picasses’ 2002

Vinification

Organically Cabernet Franc vines on chalky clay-limestone soils, situated halfway along a south-facing slope. Low yields, hand-harvest, manual destemming, 3-week natural fermentation in open-topped wooden vats. 12-24 month elevage in wooden barrels, some of which are new. Bottled unfiltered with minimal added sulfites.

Domaine Breton

Catherine and Pierre Breton: natural wine pioneers, masters of Bourgueil Cabernet Franc and close friends of Chabrol. Domaine Breton is a century-old family operation that has been bottling wines under their own name since 1985. In the late eighties, they started their conversion to the first organic and later biodynamic farming, and already in the early nineties, they had fully adopted the “nothing added-nothing taken away” approach to winemaking. These bon-vivants are beloved throughout the wine world and their Domaine is one of our favorite pit-stops during our wine trips.