Vivanterre 2021 'Gamay MVB' Vin de France (Beaujolais)

Vineyard Notes: The grapes for the 2021 Vivanterre Gamay are sourced from 3 different vineyards. The main source is in Moulin au Vent, a parcel of 65-year-old vines planted on pink granite. The vineyard is a total of 1.6 hectares, which is farmed organically, with legal organic certification expected this year. A second vineyard in Brouilly provides 30% of the grapes. It is a south facing vineyard that has deep clay soils rich in limestone. A great contrast to the pink granite of the Moulin au Vent vineyard. The Moulin au Vent and Brouilly vineyards are both farmed by Julian Betrand. The third vineyard is owned and farmed by the winemakers, Patrick Bouju and Justine Loiseau. The grapes are planted on granite rich soils laced with quartz.

Winemaking Notes: The wine making is simple. Whole cluster fermentation, aged in a combination of clay amphorae and used oak barrels with no fining, no filtering and no added SO2 at any phase of winemaking. The ‘MVB’ Gamay was bottled in May 2021 according to the biodynamic calendar. The harvesting, wine making, and elevage was done by Patrick Bouju and Justine Loiseau.