Beaujolais Villages - Cuvée Confrérie des Canardins
This well-built and balanced wine is matured in oak barrels for the Confrérie des Canardins du Beaujolais that is sponsored by Paul Bocuse. It is very long lasting on the palate, giving it a real Burgundy feel.
Description Grape variety : 100% Chardonnay Terroir : on slopes on red gore soil Altitude above sea level : 205 metres Vine age : vines of over 100 years old Alc. by vol. : 12.5° Vineyard of origin : Southeast facing Yield per hectare : 60 hectolitres Serving temperature : 10-12° C Area (ha) : 1.80 Cellaring potential : 5-8 years Beaujolais-Villages was the first appellation in France to use the term “villages” in its name. There are 38 communes in the Rhône and Saône-et-Loire departments that label their wines “Beaujolais-Villages”. In the Beaujolais region there are 3 distinct geographic areas that each give their own personality to the wine. The wines here are fruity and fleshy, a reflection of the terroirs they come from. The soils are granitic and sandy. Beaujolais-Villages has a deep robe with cherry or garnet tints and a red fruit nose with blackcurrant and strawberry at the fore. Though a third of the wine from here is made and sold as Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau, the appellation also holds its own as a cellaring wine. Vinification The grapes are carefully hand picked in September; 18-day carbonic maceration and 20-day low temperature fermentation. 5 to 6 months in casks for the cellaring wines. Maturing, bottling and tasting notes At the Château, by me. Beaujolais-Village Confrerie des Canardins has a purple-blue robe as a nouveau wine that becomes orangy over 5 to 6 years. The wild fruit and spice aromas and flavours are well balanced and long. Enjoy this wine with red meat, game and cheese.
Château de Blaceret Roy - Thierry CANARD - 69460 Saint-Etienne-des-Oullières Port. : 06 08 00 34 33 - E-Mail : contact@blaceretroy.fr - Site : http://www.blaceretroy.fr/