Moulin à Vent ‘‘La Rochelle’’
Domaine Bonnet-Cotton
Type
Red Wine
Appellation
Moulin-a-Vent
Variety
Gamay
All of the red wines at Cotton are vinified with native yeasts and without SO2 in concrete tanks, then age underground in century-old foudres that were originally built for holding beer, then were repurposed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Viticulture
Vineyard name
La Rochelle
Soil type
Pink granite
Vine age50 years old
Vinification
After a manual harvest the grapes go for a carbonic maceration vinification in whole bunch, spontaneous fermentations in native yeasts.
ElevageAged in foudres 9 months, unfiltered, unfined and no SO2 added
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringUnfined and Unfiltered