Chiroubles

Elisa Guerin

Chiroubles
Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Chiroubles

Variety

100% Gamay

From a single 1.2 acre parcel in the lieu-dit 'Les Genêts' on sandy soils with rocks of pink granite.

Viticulture
Vineyard name

Les Genêts

Soil type

Sandy with pink granite

Vines planted in60 to 100 years old
Vinification

Semi-carbonic maceration of whole clusters with native yeasts in concrete tanks of 54hL. Temperature controlled and kept below 25 degrees C. Daily pumpovers during fermentation which lasted 15 days. No added enzymes. No filtration. 10 mg/L of SO2 added at racking and 5 mg/L added at bottling.

Elevage8 months in concrete tanks
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringUnfined / Unfiltered
Additional info
Total production average1,600 bottles & 100 magnums
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