2023ClosDeLaRoilette,Fleurie‘LaGriffeDuMarquis’,Beaujolais,France

<p>100% Gamay. Grapes from most of Roilette’s oldest vines go into the Cuvée Tardive” bottling, but a small portion of them dating back to 1930 are reserved for the smallest of all Roilette production, La Griffe du Marquis, the only barrique-aged wine from this cellar. As for the other estate vines, the soils are heavy clay with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron-like mineral manganese. The farming is sustainable or lutte raisonnée. All vineyard work is by hand; the soils are worked only superficially, at most twice per year, to protect the roots of the older vines.</p>