Like all the wines of Clos du Tue-Boeuf (natural wine pioneer, Thierry Puzelat's family estate) this is a pure terroir-translator.. Bright, pure, and mineral driven, this is the definition of both Gamay's sweetness, crispness and freshness but is aligned to a wild, vivid, herb filled palate that comes from it's Loire Valley roots. Chill it down and drink this juicy, refreshing red from the fridge this Summer.
Clos de Tue-Bœuf is run by two brothers, Jean-Marie and Thierry Puzelat, who tend their 10-hectare family estate in Les Montils (in the Cheverny AOC) and rent 6 hectares in a village nearby, in the Touraine AOC. The brothers were in luck, their father had always worked Clos du Tue Boeuf with a very limited range of organic products and so the soils are alive; he also had never machine-harvested his vineyards or used industrial yeasts. The resultant wines are vibrant, translucent, and explosively flavourful and in many ways taste like they are home-made in that they have an honesty, truthfulness and wholesomeness in their flavours. - Andrew Guard, Importer.