Du Grappin Cote de Brouilly 2021 750ml

From old bush-trained vines in the lieu-dit of "Le Conroy" a gently-sloping parcel at the base of the southwestern flank of Mont Brouilly. The shallow, sandy soil there is a mix of decomposed granite and diorite washed down from Mont Brouilly, over a deep granite bedrock. The vineyard is not cultivated with wildflowers allowed to self-seed for a season-long tapestry of color; a veritable pollinators paradise.

Inspired by Jules Chauvet's fermentation notes from 1972, the hand picked clusters were placed in a concrete vat for two weeks with no crushing, pumping or plunging, the grapes undergoing what Chauvet called a fermentation aromantique, Pressed after two weeks, the wine finished fermentation in a Flexcube and a steel tank, with further eight months on lies. Bottled unfined and unfiltered

-Andrew and Emma Nielsen

In contrast to Grappin's out-of-the-ordinary Macon, this single variety wine is a classic Gamay, and it’s absolutely beautiful! It’s lightly tannic and chalky with abundant notes of cherry and red berries and a balanced touch of acid.

-Discovery