Vin Cabernet Franc - Gayda Vineyards

The story goes...

We called it “Figure Libre” because we have chosen the freedom of creation and expression, combining the subtleness of the Loire with the bold character of the Languedoc.
Away from the rigours of the appellation, in 2004 we planted the grape varieties which we felt would be the best suited, those most able to reveal the expression and the qualities of our Brugairolles sandstone terroir. Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc, rarely grown in the region, originate from the Loire Valley, home of Winemaker Vincent Chansault.

Vintage

2021

Grape Variety

100% Cabernet Franc

Tasting notes

A lovely, intense purple colour with red highlights.

Organic & vegan wine

Certified organic wine and vegan friendly

Press and Awards

Decanter, Jan. 2021 : 92/100 “A gorgeously perfumed nose here, soft touches of flowers and cherries, with an almost smoked, charred touch. This is full bodied with complex layers of red and black fruit - blackcurrants, strawberries and cherries, baking spices and stony, mineral acidity that keeps things super lively and fresh. Elegant and characterful and seriously easy to drink - one I immediately wanted a glass of.”

Jancis Robinson, Oct. 2022 : 17/20 "It’s redcurrants so ripe that a sip is like a teaspoon of redcurrant jam, but the acidity is the violin that cuts through the sweetness with taut, long strings. It’s a kohl pencil thickly lining the curve under smoky eyes instead of a school pencil writing sharply sparse words on the pages of a textbook. It’s throaty warm, Thai-basil cool. Cabernet Franc at its most sensuous, without losing an inch of balance."

The Buyer, Feb. 2021“(…) A fragrant nose of violet and iris leads into a fresh but relatively full-bodied, complex Cab Franc, with brooding dark cherry, blackcurrant, toffee apple and cedar spice.”

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Tasting notes

A lovely, intense purple colour with red highlights. On the nose it explodes with varietal intensity: raspberry, blackcurrant, green pepper, ...and some mentholated aromas. A delicate caramelisation shows a careful and skilful use of oak barrels. The palate is fresh and vegetal with soft tannins still present as well as notes of roasted cocoa.

Vinification process

The taste and flavours of the grapes determine the harvest date and orientate our wine making to allow the quality of the fruit to express freely in the wine - totally natural process.

Vineyards

Organic Wine certified by FR-BIO 10., Sandstone of Brugairolles at 200m altitude.

Ageing

20% in new Oak, 20% in wooden vat and 60% in 1 and 2 year old Oak barrels - The wines are racked and bottled according to the phases of the moon and on fruit or root days.