Fleurie, Les Labourons – Les Rangs Tard

Fleurie, Les Labourons - Les Rangs Tard

FRANCE – Beaujolais

Locality:

FRANCE – Beaujolais

Appellation:

Fleurie

Grape Variety:

Gamay

WineMaker:

Valentine and Stéphane Mathieu

Vineyard:

1.8 ha. including 1 ha. planted in 1951 and 0.8 ha. planted in 2008, 2016 and 2017. Vines come from lieu-dit Les Labourons and the name Les Rangs Tard is because grapes are usually late-ripened. Planted over deep decomposed granite soils at 350m altitude.

Viticulture:

Organic (certified Ecocert). Gobelet training and double cordon de Royat pruning. Density of 8000-10,000 vines/ha.

WineMaking:

100% whole cluster. Fermented over ambient yeasts for 2-4 weeks with semi-carbonic maceration in concrete tanks. 2 pump-overs per day.

Aging:

Aged for 8 months in concrete tanks. Complete malolactic conversion.

Bottling:

Neither fined nor filtered. Approx. 30 mg/L total SO2.

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