3e Fleuve 2022
Burgundy - Beaujolais - Beaujolais Villages
Tasting notes
Appearance:
powerful, deep with purplish tints.
Nose:
intense, very ripe black fruit with a touch of raspberry. Lovely complexity.
Palate:
soft and well-structured, very persistent. Balanced by a pronounced acidity. Fresh and succulent.
Sommelier's advice: duck foie gras paté en croûte or milk-fed calf’s sweetbread - voted world champion 2009.
Grape variety/varieties:
Gamay Noir à jus blanc 100%.
Harvest:
By hand.
Soil:
From the area around Clochemerle (Vaux en Beaujolais), on very steep (up to 40% incline) sandy-loam terrain. The vines are over 40 years old.
Vinification:
Traditional, mainly in whole bunches, with a 12 to 20-day vatting period. Pumping over, cap punching and rack and return operations are carried out during the fermentation and maceration.
Ageing:
Takes place entirely in vats (concrete and stainless steel).
Alcohol content:
13.5