Beaujolais Supérieur Oh !!!
Yann Bertrand
Type
Red Wine
Appellation
Beaujolais
Variety
100% Gamay
A retired vigneron in Fleurie offered to rent Yann this parcel after tasting his wines at the local café in the town center (he was quite impressed). The vigneron told Yann that the wines reminded him of the bottles he drank when he was a young winemaker in Fleurie, and wanted Yann to continue the tradition of this type of winemaking. This old vine parcel officially is classified as Beaujolais appellation, but lies just across the path from Fleurie designated vineyards. Like everything at the domaine, this wine is naturally vinified without any added yeast or SO2.
Viticulture
Vineyard name
Courcelles and Lancié
Soil type
Granite
Vine age60 years old
Vineyard size1.5 hectare
PruningGobelet
ExpositionEastern exposure
Altitude200m - 450m
Vinification
Cold carbonic maceration at 10-12ºC (50-54ºF). Grapes are picked twice and verified separately. The old vines were picked with higher acidity and alcohol than the younger vines. 0.5G total SO2 at bottling
ElevageFor 7 months, 66% in concrete tanks and 33% in used barrels
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringUnfiltered by gravity following the lunar calendar