2021 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Touraine Rouge 'La Guerrerie', Loire, France Gramercy Cellars 2021 vintage notes: It was

2021 vintage notes: It was a dry winter with twenty-five inches of rain

This is a severe selection of 50-70+ year old Pigato vines mainly from the red clay ""Le Russeghine"" vineyard as well as a small selection from the blue clay ""Garaxin"" vineyard with soil rich in and fossil material

Native primary and secondary ferments

Grinding: By hand with wooden mallets on rocks

2021 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Touraine Rouge 'La Guerrerie', Loire, France Gramercy Cellars 2021 vintage notes: It was90% Ct 10% Gamay. La Guerrerie is an estate parcel named in reference to its history as a battlefield in the Hundred Years' War. It is a flat, clay rich site co planted with Ct, aka Malbec, and Gamay in the 1980's. The Puzelats farm it organically and harvest it by hand. As is typical of Tue Boeuf reds, the fruit goes as whole clusters into huge oak vats for a spontaneous fermentation, which is a semi carbonic maceration with a closed top for around