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Moulin-à-Vent Cru Les Michelons

Varietal
Gamay

Notes
VINEYARD: A tiny block of 2 ha of old vines - planted in 1950 and 1911 - in the prestigious climat called Les Michelons in Moulin-à-Vent. The vines are located in a single clos surrounded by a stone wall and poppies flowers. Steep southern exposure on pink, red granite, quartz soils, the subsoil is manganese rich. Vines are planted at 300 meters elevation.

VINIFICATION: Hand-harvested. Whole cluster maceration for 20 days. Twelve to 14 day fermentation in concrete vats using indigenous yeasts. Spends a few months on lees after malolactic. Aged 8 months in neutral oak barrels. Light filtration before bottling, no fining. 2g/hl of SO2 added just before bottling.

TASTING NOTES: Great structure with fruit which stands up to it, and quite mineral.