Les Capitans 2019
Burgundy - Beaujolais - Juliénas

Ratings
Tasting notes
Appearance:
Dark ruby colour.
Nose:
Deep, with notes typical of its terroir, such as dark fruit, tobacco and liquorice.
Palate:
Lingering fruity and spicy notes. The wine is powerful and warm, with tannins softened by the long ageing, and a liquorice-like freshness.
Sommelier's advice: Serve between 14-16°C. Ageing potential of 8 to 12 years.
Enjoy with splayed chicken, grenaille potatoes, Roast pigeon, carrot purée, Roast porcini mushrooms, parsley and roasted hazelnuts.
Enjoy with splayed chicken, grenaille potatoes, Roast pigeon, carrot purée, Roast porcini mushrooms, parsley and roasted hazelnuts.
Grape variety/varieties:
Gamay noir à jus blanc
Soil:
Stony soil of ancient alluvium over a clay-granitic matrix.
Vinification:
50% de-stemming, native yeasts, 26-days maceration with the temperature controlled to around 30°C.
No fining but a light filtration.
No fining but a light filtration.
Ageing:
12 months of ageing. 50% in stainless streel wats. 50% in 3 to 7-years-old barrels.
Alcohol content:
14.5