Clos de la Roilette - Fleurie 2024
Price: $25.75
| Producer | Clos de la Roilette |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Beaujolais |
| Varietal | Gamay |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Sku | 07489 |
Clos de la Roilette Description
100% Gamay. From 50-year-old vines on heavy clay soils with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron-like mineral manganese. The farming is sustainable. All vineyard work is by hand; the soils are worked only superficially, at most twice per year, to protect the roots of these old vines. Vinification is traditional, semi-carbonic Beaujolais style. The whole clusters are harvested by hand and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in open-top concrete tanks. Maceration lasts around 14 days for this bottling, with a submerged cap rather than punchdowns. The wine is aged in large oak foudres of 80 to 100 years old for 9 months with only one racking before bottling. Sulfur use is quite minimal.
A bouquet of red and black currants intermingled with stewed blackberries, violets, aniseed, cloves and a subtle hint of charcoal-grilled meats, it's sappy and concentrated, with a full-bodied palate built around abundant, fine-grained tannins.
