Gamay

FRANCE – Savoie

Locality:

FRANCE – Savoie

Appellation:

Savoie

Grape Variety:

Gamay

WineMaker:

Matthieu Goury

Vineyard:

7 ha. plot planted in 1979 over clay limestone. South and southeast expositions from 350m.

Viticulture:

Certified organic (Eurofeuille). Yield 36 hl/ha.

WineMaking:

100% de-stemmed grapes. Fermented over native yeasts in concrete tank. Daily pump-overs by hand with a watering can. After 14 days, grapes are pressed, and the press juice combined with the free run juice end the fermentation in concrete tank. Complete malolactic conversion.

Aging:

Aged for 24 months in 4-to-6-year-old French oak barrels of 225L. 1 or 2 months before bottling, wine is racked.

Bottling:

Neither fined nor filtered. Minimum addition of sulfur. Bottled and aged for an additional 12 months before release.

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