Beaujolais
Sublime, a memorable tasting, where you don't immediately suspect Gamay, so elegant and concentrated on the palate. Notes of violet, blackberry, blueberry, leather... Velvety tannins of great finesse, very silky texture, great depth.
Gamay from very old vines, 70 to 100 years old, grown biodynamically on Le Clos des Bachelards. This 1.8-hectare vineyard surrounded by walls shows soils of pink granite and decomposed feldspar with blue marl and blue clay. Hand-harvested in 16 kg crates, natural vinification, and with a total detemming that is not very traditional in Beaujolais. After destemming, maceration for 28 days in concrete vats, gentle pressing and aging for 22 months in casks. Unfined, unfiltered, sulfites are used only sparingly.
Alexandra de Vazeilles is the director of Château des Bachelards, a lively winemaker from the Beaujolais scenery. After spending 15 years of her life in the United-States, and obtaining a degree in viticulture and oenology, she went off to learn from the very best: Château Latour, Domaine de Montille, Domaine Roulot. When she acquired the Château des Bachelards in 2014, she broke with the...
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Organic or biodynamic wine
Organic or biodynamic wine
Sulphites-free wine
Sulphites-free wine
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
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