LOIRE VALLEY (TOURAINE), FRANCE
100% Cabernet Franc
Young vines from Bourgeuil's leading organic farmer and unofficial village mayor, Pierre Gauthier. Jour de Soif translates to day of thirst and essentially means this red wine will quench your thirst any day, any season – poolside with ham sandwiches in the summer and fireside in the winter with grilled meats.
 
The Gauthier family been have crafting traditional wines from Bourgeuil for the past five generations. Throughout the decades, they enjoyed their wines privately. In 1979, they began to sell their wines commercially. Pierre oversaw this transformation and continues to make the wines today, alongside his son Rodolphe, who celebrated his 20th vintage in 2025.
 
The domaine produces deep, age-worthy Cabernet Francs grown in the iconic clay-limestone terroirs known as "tuffeaux". In this area, many impressive caves were carved into the tufa, created by the French as they extracted this porous rock over the centuries.
 
The Domaine earned official organic certification in 2000 after farming organically since 1989. They are gifted in old vines with an average of 30 year-old vines, and some are as old as 90 years. They till the soils with two gorgeous and powerful draft horses, preferring less soil compaction as well as the physical and emotional benefits of working in partnership with the horses. They prune by hand, practicing green harvesting to keep the crop low.