Hermanuspietersfontein Posmeester Merlot, 2022 Bugey are composed of chalk and

are composed of chalk and clay and the average age of the vines is 50 years

The Ruet Family Estate Winery has sat on the remarkable terrain of Voujon in Cercié-en-Beaujolais at the foot of Mont Brouilly since 1926

It requires a special pruning method which is quite labor intensive

Winemaker Notes | A refined red with plums

Hermanuspietersfontein Posmeester Merlot, 2022 Bugey are composed of chalk andRustic violets, lavender, cocoa, plump plums, black pepper, blackberry, boysenberry, vanilla cream, rosebush. Palate is fresh and minerally with a smoky flair, barrel toast, pine. 100% Merlot. Hermanuspietersfontein references the Dutchman Hermanus Pieters who arrived in the 1800s to the Cape Town area to teach Dutch. He vacationed at the springs "fontein" of present day Hermanus, which came to be known as Hermanus Pieters se Fonteyn, eventually named