Boyer de Bar Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 750ml
Vincent Boyer has been at the helm of his family’s historic Burgundy estate, Domaine Boyer-Martenot, since 2002. He crafts wines of elegance, class, and textural purity from his cellar in Meursault. Emmanuel Lucas De Bar is Vincent’s close friend, whom he met at winemaking school. His family owns perfectly manicured, organically farmed vineyards in the Hérault valley of France, at the site of a 12th-century monastery. In 2018, the two friends decided to start their domaine, Boyer de Bar, bringing together Emmanuel’s pristinely cared-for vineyards and Vincent’s skill as a grower/winemaker. The idea was simple: make affordable and delicious wines from organically grown fruit vinified like Vincent’s top Meursaults. After the grapes are hand-harvested, the vinification is done in Vincent’s cellar in Meursault, where the wines are fermented with indigenous yeast and aged in barrique for 12 months before being racked to concrete and stainless steel for an additional eight months of aging before bottling. That’s a full 20-month élevage, the same regimen he gives his top Meursault Perrières, and a length of time only seen at Burgundy’s best. Vincent and Emmanuel have accomplished a rare feat in the wine world, crafting gorgeous terroir-expressive values using top farming methods and high-level winemaking usually saved for wines at the highest price echelons. This incredibly unique relationship will reward both your palate and your pocket.
2022 Boyer de Bar Cabernet Sauvignon 'Combe Crozes'
This Cabernet Sauvignon has a beautiful bouquet of blackcurrant, gravel, mint, and violets. The palate is fresh and lifted, with additional black cherry, plum, and blood orange notes. The finish is long and bright, with silky, fine tannins and a fine beam of acidity shaping it.
- Practicing organic
- 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- From the Hérault Valley (Languedoc, France)
- Yellow clay and limestone terroir
- 15+ year old vines
- De-stemmed
- Indigenous yeast