Beaujolais Villages

separateur 01

beaujolais villages

 

 

This appellation extends over the northern half of the Beaujolais vineyard, from Mâcon to Villefranche-en-Beaujolais, between the Saône valley and the Beaujolais peaks, covering the ten communal appellations as well as the land around, descending to south to the Nizerand valley and up the valley of the Ardières upstream of Beaujeu.


APPELLATION
Beaujolais Villages
LOCATION
1ha 75 on the so-called "Chapoly" and "Oak" in Charentay
SOILS
Deep soils of clay and silt
AVERAGE AGE OF VINES
60 years
VINES
100% Gamay black with white juice
DENSITY OF PLANTATION
8 500 ceps per hectare
AVERAGE RETURN
40 hectoliters per hectare
EXPOSURE
South - East
HARVEST
  • Plowed vine, manual sale with successive sorting in the vineyard and the cella
  • Carbonic maceration (whole bunch), vinification in native yeasts and sulphite free from 7 - 10 days with temperature control (15 ° - 28 ° C)
  • Soft pressing on pneumatic press
BREEDING
  • In concrete tank for 6 months.
  • Bottling at the estate
TASTING
  • Deep red color with crushed strawberry and red fruits
  • Delicious and crunchy wine with a nice presence of tannins in the mouth. A wine of pleasure for every day
  • To consume between 13 and 14 ° C
  • Guard : 2 - 4 years
FOOD WINE AGREEMENT
Serve our Beaujolais Villages Chambered as an aperitif until beef Bourguignon
AVAILABLE MILESTONE
2018
Young and "gourmand", also discover our Beaujolais-Villages version "New" from the 3rd Thursday of November