100% Gamay Noir with white juice.
To be served between 15 and 18°C. (59-64°F.)
This wine is perfect with traditional dishes, particularly poultry in sauce such as coq au vin, but also chicken with morel mushrooms, red meats and fat cheeses.
The Juliénas cru peaks at 466m. Its slopes, often greater than 15%, contain very little granite. The main parent materials of the Juliénas soils are essentially composed of Diorites, hard bluish rocks with clearly visible crystals, microdiorites with a thinner paste and dark, more schistose formations. This is the vintage where the surface texture is the most clayey (15% on average).
Vineyard age: 48 years old.
Yield: 56 hectoliters per hectar
A rigorous plot selection is made on 2 partners estates.
Vines are planted on varied soils made of deep siliceous rocks, stony soils with ancient alluvium and deep altered granite. They are pruned « en gobelet » and "cordon". They are managed with substainable farming methods.
Richness and rarity
Harvesting began during a heatwave, and then a few episodes of rain allowed the vines and remaining grapes to recover some vigor. Analysis showed almost perfect results and the grapes were in fabulous health. This year was similar to the 2015 vintage and promises great quality: A high degree of potential alcohol, perfect acidity, and rich, sweet grapes with lovely thick skins. The fruit was superb and very aromatic, indicating roundness and wonderful structure to this Gamay. The only negative was the low yield.