GRANDES MISES
BEAUJOLAIS BLANC 2014
Grape varietal
100% Chardonnay.
Tasting notes
With a beautiful pale and crystalline golden colour, the nose offers intense hints of white flowers and light aromas of exotic fruits. The mouth is surprising, presenting a beautiful minerality and a perfect balance between roundness and acidity. A wonderful Beaujolais Blanc.
Bottled in march 2015
11 800 bottles in total
Serving suggestions
Best served decanted and enjoyed quite cool, between 12° and 14° C. (54-57°F) to discover its elegance and complexity.
Food and wine pairing
Perfect match as an aperitif or throughout a meal with fish, goat cheeses, oysters. Best served decanted and enjoyed quite cool, between 12° and 14° C. , to discover its elegance and complexity.
Ageing potential
This Beaujolais is a wine that is designed to be enjoyed in its youth. It can also keep for several years.
Origins
Although tradition has it that Beaujolais is a region of red wine production, some plots, thanks to the different textures of their sub-soils, allow the successful blooming of the Chardonnay grape variety. Created in 1937, the Beaujolais white has two birthplaces: Villefranche in the Rhône and the canton of La Chapelle de Guinchay in the Saône-et-Loire.
Terroir
Parcels of our Beaujolais blanc are situated in the village of Saint-Amour,(Rhône) and on the ‘plateau du bois de Loyse’, in the village of La Chapelle de Guinchay near Beaujolais, in Saône-et-Loire. The soils are mainly composed of limestone and clay interspersed with sandy granite veins. They are situated on the border between the granite slopes and the former bed of the Saône River. The Chardonnay vines are fed by the river’s more recent sediments, and soil deposits that date back to Hercynian period lend them a gentle trace of minerality.
Vine and soil
Age of Vines: 30 years
Yield: 50 hectolitres per hectare
Plots: From a grass vineyard of 10ha50, rigorously selected by the partner-grower. The plots crashed on the plateau, benefit from all the orientations.
Vinification and maturing
Reception of the grapes by our partner-grower. They are pressed, and musts are settling under control temperature. Then engages the fermentation maintained at low temperature (18-20°C). We blended 2 cuvées, which are golden & bronze medal-holders in the St Vincent 2015 in Mâcon. A short ageing takes place in stainless steel tanks, which aids the preservation of the wine’s minerality, purity of fruit and crisp acidity.
Vintage : 2014
A round, crispy and aromatic vintage. With an early start to the year, Springtime was warm and dry and limited the vegetative growth of the vine. Summer rainfall in early July helped to accelerate the development of the vine and the grapes. Flowering took place in early June followed by the “veraison” (grapes change colour) at the end of July. The result was a low potential yield with small bunches. Under sunshine and warm weather the harvest started mid September, giving grapes with high potential degrees. Handpicked mid September 2014.
