Clos du puy

APPELLATION
AOP Côte Roannaise rouge

GRAPE VARIETY
Gamay Saint-Romain

SOIL
granitic, wine coming from a clos (1,7 ha, 515 meters elevation), eastern exposure, with a micro-climate and an exceptionnal soil

HARVEST
Manual with sorting in the plot

VINIFICATION
¾ destemmed, 18-day maceration, crushings of the caps

AGEING
11 month in truncated wooden vats and foudres

LAYING DOWN POTENTIAL
up to 10 years