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Beaujolais

the spirit of

les terres de pierreux

Brouilly 2017 terres de Pierreux is the ultimate parched, deep granite soil facing southeast. harvested
expression of the multi-faceted terroir. on 12 september, the grapes were carefully sorted by
in 2017, the harvests began under a hot sun on hand, destalked but not crushed, and then placed
28 August, drawing to a close on 15 september. in vats using gravity for a 17-day maceration with
Periods of rainfall allowed the vines to maintain a single 10-minute daily pumping over.
their vigor and provided some superb and These grapes promised great potential, with small
very aromatic grapes. This elegant wine concentrated bunches. We were keen to not over-extract
from the estate is made using grapes the juice, seeking instead to express sophistication
from a plot selection that brings and character. There were no brutal pigeages here.
together two long-established instead, the wine was racked and returned three
vineyards with very different times, right at the end of maceration. The wines
geology. aged for nine month in oak foudres.
Le Mas Vincent Garanche
This vineyard covers This 1.5-hectare vineyard dates back to 1978, and
0.8 hectares and was has a planting density of 9,000 vines per hectares
planted between growing on shallow to deep siliceous rock on a
1951 and 1972 northeast facing plateau. harvested on 12 september,
with 10,000 it was vinified in the same way with an additional
vines per day’s maceration.
hectare These two cuvées were assembled and lightly
o n filtered before being bottled on 6 July 2018. The
resulting wine is available in a limited edition of
just 7,765 bottles.
The resulting Brouilly is wonderfully smooth, with
aromas of wild rose and spices and silky tannins
underpinning this elegant and intense wine.

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