50% Gamay/50% Pineau d'Aunis. Pollux is usually all or at least mainly Gamay, but Gamay is hard to ripen so far north (hence Pollux not being made annually to begin with) and the Nicolas family is not replacing them as they become unproductive with age; Pineau d'Aunis plays a prominent role in...
60% Gamay/40% Côt. The Vin Rouge is typically mainly from locally sourced, organically farmed Gamay; in 2022, there is Tue Boeuf estate Côt as well, thanks to a bumper crop. As for all Tue B reds, the whole clusters go through a semi-carbonic maceration and spontaneous fermentation with native...
100% Gamay. La Butte or "the hill" is an organically farmed, hand-harvested 1.7-hectare parcel of 85-year-old Gamay on flinty clay-limestone soils in the Touraine (Tue-Boeuf has been purchasing this fruit for many years from a neighbor who is also their source for the Petit Buisson Sauvignon). A...
100% Gamay. Ranging from 20 to 80 years old, Valérie's Gamay vines are planted on clay-limestone soils in the heart of the Cher valley of the Touraine region in the Loire. She farms them organically (certified) and works and harvests them by hand. The grapes are destemmed and go directly into...
Single parcel on volcanic soil at 450 meters in the Cotes du Forez. Hand harvested, indigenous yeast fermentation, 95% in tank and 5% aging in barrels.