Beaujolais Villages Les Tours

Justin Dutraive

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Beaujolais Villages

Variety

Gamay

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Viticulture

Vineyard name

Single parcel ‘Les Tours’ in the village of Saint Etienne-la-Varenne, further to the south by Cote de Brouilly

Soil type

Pink granite and sand

Vine age1995, 1997

Vineyard size0.4 ha

ExpositionSouth

Altitude300m

Vinification

Cold carbonic maceration for 12 hours in a cold cellar after harvests, cold vatting, 11 day fermentation without pumpovers

Elevage5 months in fiberglass tanks

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined / Unfiltered

More about
the producer

Justin Dutraive

Founded in 2015

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Since his first vintage in 2015, Justin Dutraive’s vision has always been to keep things small. The entire domaine is less than two hectares, and he produces no more than a few thousand bottles of each cuvée. This allows him to have total control over the farming and vinification – or as much control as possible when winemaking is done naturally. As a “side job,” Justin works alongside his family at Domaine de la Grand’Cour in Fleurie, where he absorbed the natural Gamay ethos from his father Jean-Louis (as well as from the rotating band of winemakers who regularly pass through the gates). As Jean-Louis nears retirement, Justin has taken on more of the winemaking for the mishmash of labels that permutate from the Dutraive enclave. These all have the same general vision behind them: organ...