Domaine des Echardieres Le Becassou Touraine Rouge 2019 75cl Sami-Odi holds up exceptionally well against

holds up exceptionally well against many much more expensive malts

before the weightier aromatic herbs and spices kick in with cocoa and tobacco

a little minty note and then a long

This 4th generation has developed organic farming onto the estate as well as developing tillage and the production of parcel cuvees

Any sense of wine culture within Jean’s family actually comes from the maternal line

Domaine des Echardieres Le Becassou Touraine Rouge 2019 75cl Sami-Odi holds up exceptionally well againstTasting Note Producer Luc Poullain bought Domaine des Echardires and its 16 hectares of vines as a going concern in 2000 from one of the many divisions of the local Launay clan. He was 30 years old at the time. An interesting career path, hed studied as an agricultural engineer in Bedfordshire in the early 1990s (which rather explains his excellent grasp of the English language), before returning to France to sell, ironically, chemicals to the wine