Fleurie La Madone

Justin Dutraive

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Fleurie AOP

Variety

100% Gamay

La Madone is one of the emblematic terroirs of Fleurie, comprised of an outcrop of granite that towers steeply over the surrounding vineyards with a famous chapel at the top (hence the name). Justin’s small parcel comes from vines owned by his mother, who lives near the top of this famous hillside.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

La Madone

Soil type

Pink granite

Vine age75 years old

Vineyard size0.1 ha

ExpositionSoutheast exposure

Altitude300m

Vinification

Cold carbonic maceration for 12 hours in a cold cellar after harvests with cold vatting and 21 days fermentation without pump overs

Elevage 6 to 7 months in stainless steel tanks

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined and 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...