2022DuGrappinFleurie-Poncie,Beaujolais,France

<p>Pink granite, quartz and mica. The pink granite, characteristic of the soils ofFleurié, with veins of milky-white quartz running through it has lead the unique soil here tobeing described as made up of “lardons ”, due the large rocks of pink granite with layers ofwhite quartz found throughout the vineyard. Parcel with high altitude meaning fruit ripenslate• Average Vine Age: 80• Farming Practices: Organic, purchased grapes, manual harvest• Vinification: the hand-harvested grapes, after being chilled overnight to 12oC, were placedinto a concrete vat under cover of CO2 and were left untouched for 21 days without pumpovers nor punch downs for what Jules Chauvet called a fermentation aromatique . After 21days the vat was emptied and pressed, with the must finishing fermentation in concrete vats before 10 months with fine lies in a concrete tank</p>