WINE OF THE WEEK: Château de Fesles La Chapelle Cabernet Franc Vieilles Vignes Anjou 2022, Loire, France
- Joanna Simon
- Jun 26
- 1 min read
£14.99–£16.50, Cambridge Wine Merchants, The Oxford Wine Company
It wouldn’t be summer if I didn’t fall in love with Loire Valley Cabernet Franc all over again. Not that I don’t drink it the rest of the year, but it’s a red that’s been with me for my entire decades-long wine journey as a red wine you can drink distinctly cool or lightly chilled in summer.
Château de Fesles La Chapelle Anjou, from the excellent 2022 vintage and from the 38-ha organic domaine’s most prestigious parcel, is one of this year’s favourites.
Unoaked and made from old vines, it’s wonderfully fruity and supple. Think cassis and raspberry mingling with the classic currant-leaf, herb and graphite coolness and freshness of the Cabernet Franc grape variety, all woven together by the silkiest of gossamer-fine tannins.
It’s at its best served at 14–16ºC, so pop it in the fridge for 40–60 minutes, as necessary, and serve it with the likes of antipasti, charcuterie, beef carpaccio, pink lamb cutlets, rabbit stew with olives, seared tuna steaks, ratatouille, or roast pancetta-wrapped asparagus with shavings of Parmesan. You could try it with goat's cheese, too.
Château de Fesles La Chapelle Cabernet Franc Vieilles Vignes Anjou, 2022, Anjou, Loire Valley, France
£14.99, Cambridge Wine Merchants, £16.50The Oxford Wine Company
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