Beaujolais-Villages

Elisa Guérin

Beaujolais villages
Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Beaujolais Villages

Variety

100% Gamay

Organic grapes purchased from two growers in cool climates. 10,000 vines per hectare under gobelet pruning with close control of yields. Quincié-en-Beaujolais: blue schist and limestone on a northern exposure.Lantignié: granitic sandy soil on a high southeast exposure at 400m.

Viticulture
Soil type

Blue schist and limestone and granitic sandy soil

Vine age50 years old
PruningGobelet
ExpositionNorthern and southeast exposure
Vinification

Traditional Beaujolais fermentation with indigenous yeast: carbonic maceration of whole clusters to obtain an enzymatic fermentation. Minimal mechanical intervention. Soft pump over, twice during the fermentation. No punch-downs. Slow press

ElevageOne winter in stainless steel tanks
Harvest typeHand Harvested