100% Gamay. "Les Pierres" comes from a 0.57-hectare plot of 90-year-old vines in the historic lieu-dit of Javernières at the foot of the famous Côte du Py hill. The parcel is on a steep, east-facing slope with iron-rich, red clay soils with schist, pyrite and blue granite. The farming is certified...
From four hectares across three plots in Les Marans, Les Ballis, and La Côte. Soil is granite, manganese, and sand. Vines average 40 years-old. Whole cluster fermentation in concrete vats, aged 70% in vat and 30% in used oak barrels.
From plots in En Brenay and Le Petit Brennay, vines average 40-years old. Very decomposed granite soil, planted mid-slope, with southeastern exposure. Whole cluster fermentation in concrete vats, aged 50% in stainless steel and 50% in 228 liters aged oak barrels.
From a small plot in Les Mongenats, vines average 40-years old. Granite and sand soil, southeastern exposure. Whole cluster fermentation in concrete vats, aged 50% in stainless steel and 50% in 228 liters aged oak barrels.
From a small plot in Les Près Ouverts, vines average 35-years old. Decomposed granite soil, with silt deeper down. Whole cluster fermentation in concrete vats, aged 50% in stainless steel and 50% in 228 liters aged oak barrels.
100% Gamay. Jean-Paul farms 6 hectares in Fleurie, all of it in the celebrated lieu-dit of Grille Midi, a south-facing amphitheater of vines on poor, sandy, decomposed-granite soils over hard granite rock. This site yields wines of great concentration, power and longevity.There are two Terres...
100% Gamay. Fruit Roilette's oldest vines go into their "Cuvée Tardive"--and a small portion of that wine is reserved for the smallest of all Roilette production, La Griffe du Marquis. The only difference is aging in barrique instead of foudre and for longer. As for all of the Coudert family wines...
