100% Black Gamay (with white juice).
Colour: deep and intense ruby dress.
Nose: generous bouquet of flowers (peony...) and fruits (redcurrant, raspberry, wild strawberry).
Palate: It is a structured and balanced wine with a nice length on the palate.
Serve ideally at a temperature situated between 12 and 15°C. (53-59°F.).
An elegant companion to meals, such as a great steak, fine pork and obviously the “Coq au vin” of Juliénas.
Ready to drink but might be kept until 3 to 5 years.
Juliénas, which according to etymology, takes its name from Julius Caesar, is located at the northern gateway to the Beaujolais Vineyard, at the crossroads of two kingdoms: the ending of Gamay and the emerging of Chardonnay.
The Juliénas terroir is made up to the west of lean and arid granite soils, infiltrated with veins of manganese and porphyries which, towards the east, give way to formations of the secondary era, ancient alluvium, deeper soils and more clayey.
Harvest: manual.
Wine making: the harvest, on the arrival at the cuverie is handled in different ways, with grape-bunches with the lowest yields being de-stemmed. That allows for longer macerations with the extraction of gentle tannins, giving better complexity.
Ageing: in vats.