Clos du Tue Boeuf - Caillère + Rouillon = Couillon 2017
50% Pinot noir, 50% Gamay
Ah the year 2017, still difficult then this cuvée is the assembly (the union) of 2 cuvées Rouillon and Caillière.
The vineyard is co-planted with a common harvest and therefore also vinification.
Pleasant or even pleasant nose. We dive in: with our mouths wide open to bite into black fruit, spices and that vegetal touch of the Domaine's red wines ... which we love ... wines and the estate from elsewhere.
Nice balance with nice, supple and melted tannins.
Le Clos du Tue Bœuf is a story that goes back several centuries ... The first traces of this eleven and a half arpents vineyard (barely 6 hectares) located at a place called Tue-Bœuf, in Les Montils date back to the Middle Ages.
The story goes that the wines produced at Tue Beef were the delight of royal tables and François 1er and Queen Claude was particularly attached. The precious wine is also mentioned during the reign of Henri III.
Present to Montils since the 15th century, Puzelat (formerly "Puzelatz") could therefore well be related to the ancestral know-how ...
Report or not, Jean-Marie and Thierry took their time to take over Clos du Tue Bœuf. Both preferred to survey the vineyards, each on their own, in France and abroad, before returning to the family estate.
Jean-Marie was the first to decide: after several years of experiences in Champagne punctuated by trips, he took over the vineyard in 1990.
Thierry waited a little longer. After having pampered the vines of Saint-Emilion and Bandol and having gone into exile for a while in Montreal, he returned to Les Montils in 1994.
Since then, the Clos du Tue Bœuf has been the Puzelat brothers, Jean-Marie and Thierry.
