Domaine Sylvain Boton I Printemps 2025 I Cabernet Franc I Loire Wines
Domaine Sylvain Boton I Printemps 2025 I Cabernet Franc I Loire Wines

Domaine Sylvain Boton, Printemps, 2025

£25.00

A wine that wears its name well.

Printemps arrives with the freshness of the season, a short (9days) fermentation in stainless steel. Conceived as a pure expression of fruit rather than structure, it drinks effortlessly young yet never feels simple, the antithesis of his more structured wine Racines or the single crus. It also bears the hallmarks of a very sunny and juicy vintage, making this wine very appealing. Bright ruby in the glass, lifting aromas of crushed raspberry, sour cherry and wild violet, with that characteristic whisper of graphite and cool earth that Bourgueil's tuffeau soils so reliably deliver.

On the palate it is light-footed and energetic, the tannins are soft, the acidity precise and mouthwatering.

We recommend to serve with a gentle chill.

Perfect by the glass alongside charcuterie, goat's cheese or anything off the grill.

An ideal introduction to a domaine that is fast becoming one of Bourgueil's most exciting young addresses.

A wine that wears its name well.

Printemps arrives with the freshness of the season, a short (9days) fermentation in stainless steel. Conceived as a pure expression of fruit rather than structure, it drinks effortlessly young yet never feels simple, the antithesis of his more structured wine Racines or the single crus. It also bears the hallmarks of a very sunny and juicy vintage, making this wine very appealing. Bright ruby in the glass, lifting aromas of crushed raspberry, sour cherry and wild violet, with that characteristic whisper of graphite and cool earth that Bourgueil's tuffeau soils so reliably deliver.

On the palate it is light-footed and energetic, the tannins are soft, the acidity precise and mouthwatering.

We recommend to serve with a gentle chill.

Perfect by the glass alongside charcuterie, goat's cheese or anything off the grill.

An ideal introduction to a domaine that is fast becoming one of Bourgueil's most exciting young addresses.

Sylvain Boton is a young vigneron from Tours and one of the most exciting new voices in the Loire Valley, who established his domaine in Bourgueil in 2022. The domaine spans 4 hectares farmed organically and biodynamically across a mosaic of plots, to best express the diversity of Bourgueil's terroirs. Two parcels stand out: Les Haies, an argilo-calcaire plot with 80-year-old vines, and Les Bretèches, another argilo-calcaire site with fragments of tuffeau on the surface. Working from a troglodyte cave, his range balances precision and personality — Racines for terroir-driven complexity, Printemps for pure drinking pleasure and single vineyard Les haies and soon to be released Les Breteches, two futures Loire classics. Domaine Sylvain Boton is a domaine to follow closely, right from its very first vintages..

Grape variety : Cabernet Franc Terroir : Sands & Gravels Plots : Minières, Cos Jolinet Average age of the vines : 50 years Orientation : South Vinification: Hand harvested and destemmed. 9 day maceration. Extraction by pump over. Unfiltered. Ageing: 3 months in outdoor fiberglass tanks Alcohol: 12.5%