Galichets

About the Wine

Since 1640 this domaine has been in the Caslot family. Their house, office, and winery sit upon one of Touraine’s largest cellars — a great cavernous affair dug out between the 11th and 13th centuries to provide stone for the local village of Restigné. In 2008 Chevalerie received its first certification, and in 2012 it received Demeter certification for biodynamic farming. Galichets is 25-acre vineyard heading down the terrace toward the river that is planted on stony, sandy clay soils (the limestone bedrock is at least three feet below the surface and typically more). The oldest vines in Galichets date from 1934. A part of that plantation was replanted in the 1970s and 80s, with yet another small section replanted in the 1990s. The Caslot siblings are beginning to replant some of the oldest vines now, bringing the average age of this vineyard to 60 years. Galichets tends to make the domaine's most fleshy wine, with a lovely middle and ending with sleek, round tannins and lift. ABV 12.5%. Minimal SO2 (~30 mg/L total), no fining or filtration. Production in those rare, normal years averages 1,500 cases.

Pairing Notes

Sunday roast (beast or fowl), charcuterie, pork cutlets in a cream sauce with mushrooms,