The gravelly terroir gives it a good structure: it is a semi-keeping wine.
Wait 2 years after bottling; peak 3 to 6 years, sometimes more.

Supports more sophisticated dishes: veal blanquette, pot au feu, poultry.

Press vintage 2015 :

- Verticale Michel Bettane 2019 - Bettane Desseauve - En Magnum : 16,5/20
"Small part of the Clos which adjoins the church of Sazilly, on a rather rich clay soil. A wine that is also elegant, open, both floral and slightly truffled, absolutely not dried out by its wood. Long, balanced, fresh and nuanced. In short, what you'd expect and don't find so often."

Wine Spectator, 92 / 100 - 2018 : "Bright and engaging, with light savory and thyme accents out front, followed by light-bodied but persistent and mouthwatering chalk, damson plum and olive notes. Offers a long, sleek finish. Drink now through 2025."

Le Figaro 2019, 17 / 20 : "A very pleasant, juicy vintage, with notes of red and black berries accompanied by a hint of spice. The material is perfectly supple and enhanced by a beautiful freshness and a salivating length. A very pretty wine to be released now, but which can also be appreciated when its profile is more tertiary in a few years' time."

La Revue du Vin de France, Oct.2018 : "Length and fresh maturity in this noble cabernet. It will reveal itself in a few years."

Wine Enthusiast, 2019: "This rich, satisfying wine shows some maturity. Solid tannins and ripe black fruits have now broadened out and lost their initial youthful intensity."

2014 vintage press :

16 / 20 - RVF - Guide 2017 : "The level of the 2014 reds is excellent, right from the entry level. La Cure is unpretentious, but highly fresh and salivating, accomplished and precocious. "Vin Québec, 2018, CA: "Next is the 2014 Cuvée de la Cure, which also underwent skin maceration, in addition to malo in 5-wine barrels and 8 months (sometimes up to 12 months) of barrel ageing. The same ruby colour as Les Petites Roches, this wine is also open, fruity, quite peppery, but with a nice animal note added. It is rounder in the mouth, silkier, with more coated tannins and a very nice balance. The finish is juicy and very fruity. Will last for a few more years. "Le Devoir, 2018, CA: "La Cure 2014 The gravellier, clayier soils impart more character here, but with that roundness in the velvety texture that surprises. Still and always this admirable freshness! (5 +) "

2012 vintage press :

15,5 / 20 - RVF - Guide 2015 "The Cuvée de la Cure is a precise wine, quite smooth, with pleasantly aged tannins. "15,5 / 20 - Bettane Desseauve - Guide 2015

2011 vintage press :

16 / 20 - RVF - Guide 2014 : "The range of wines is remarkable in its homogeneity. Terroir and Petites Roches taste very well, quite early and expressing a precise and fresh fruit. With the straight and firm Clos de la Cure and especially Les Charmes, we gain in depth of flavour and structure, for wines that will age well for a few years. "15,5 / 20 - Bettane Desseauve - Guide 2015 : "The juice is there, great, suave, tactile and sensual. It is not the greatest vintage of the estate but the average can be enough when it is ...great in absolute terms. "Le Rouge & Le Blanc, 2013 : "Small notes of graphite, tannic impression and small bitterness. The wine is sapid."

2010 vintage press :

15,5 / 20 - RVF - Guide 2013 : "The Cuvée de la Cure reveals a very harmonious, velvety and fresh mouth. Very good balance and ageing capacity for this well-balanced wine. "14,5 / 20 - Bettane Desseauve - Guide 2013 : "A very nice approach to Chinon in this red wine that we tasted in samples. To be continued "Le Devoir, 3* / 5 : "The most juvenile and primeur of the three vintages available from this house, which has a remarkable plant material in addition to delivering a very pure, high quality Cabernet. The fruit is happily crunched, on a saline base, firmed up at the end by tannins of prime freshness. Classic."