Beaujolais Rouge
Domaine Bonnet-Cotton
Type
Red Wine
Appellation
Beaujolais
Variety
Gamay
All of the red wines at Cotton are vinified with native yeasts (without SO2) in concrete tanks and aged underground in century-old foudres that were originally built for holding beer, then were repurposed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Viticulture
Vineyard name
Commune de Charentais
Soil type
Clay-limestone, sandy granite
PruningGobelet
ExpositionEast
Vinification
Carbonic maceration with whole clusters and spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts
Elevage8 months in foudres
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringUnfined / Unfiltered
Additional info
Total production average5000 bottles
UPC Code Bottle046139084399
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