2023 Yann Bertrand Fleurie Vieilles Vignes, Beaujolais, France Lenkey (shelly limestone)

(shelly limestone)

” To carry on the name of the place that was the first vineyard contract for us back in 2016

Natural fermentation

and the juice spends about 3 weeks in contact with the skins

2023 Yann Bertrand Fleurie Vieilles Vignes, Beaujolais, France Lenkey (shelly limestone)Certified Organic and Biodynamic. 100% Gamay from a 2 hectare plot of 60+ year old vines grown in pink granite sand soils called Arene Granitique. This cuve is aged for longer in used barrels, then held back for an additional year before release. Bertrand calls this a particularly fragile parcel in the Grand Pr vineyard, with very acidic and sandy soils. Something of the flagship wine at the Bertrands. Carbonic maceration with native yeast and no SO2