Beaujolais
Fleurie - 2021 - Seiichi Saito
Petit Roy
A very fresh and appealing nose with notes of rose buds, red fruits, a hint of herbs... The palate is balanced, a digestible juice and truly a beautiful expression of the grape variety.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Fleurie
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2030
- rock’n’roll
100% Gamay from biodynamic vines planted on granite soil, a 0.17 ha plot on the hillside of Château de Poncié, facing northeast. Hand-picked on September 21, 2021. Vinification: 3 days of cold maceration before fermentation, followed by a short carbonic maceration of the whole clusters with little punching down. Aged one year in barrels, then 8 months in vats. Bottled on May 15, 2023, without fining or filtration, with a micro-dose of sulfur (total SO2: 23 mg/liter).
Seiichi Saito
Seiichi Saito is the winemaker at the head of Domaine Petit-Roy in Chorey-lès-Beaune. Born in China, he moved to Japan with his parents at the age of 11 to join his Japanese grandmother. A wine enthusiast who has always wanted to work in nature, he hesitated between Bordeaux and Burgundy when he arrived in France in 2005, but his passion for Pinot Noir won out. Good for him, he's on the verge...
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