Vins de la Madone Les Rougeots du Clos Gamays 2021 chateau-valandraud fine grain tannins

fine grain tannins

less than 6g/l

brighter at luncheon

Old Bastard is the family’s flagship cuvee that’s named in honour of those old gnarly vines which produce the intensely concentrated fruit used for this wine

large oak casks (75hl) and 15% in barrique

Vins de la Madone Les Rougeots du Clos Gamays 2021 chateau-valandraud fine grain tanninsLes Rougeots du Clos is a single, one hectare plot at 600 metres co planted to three of Gamays red fleshed teinturier clones. The first two are Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chaudenay. Thought to be introduced by the Benedictine monks, these old variants are now almost extinct outside the Monts du Forez. Theres also a little Gamaret, a cross between Gamay Noir and Reichensteiner created in Switzerland in 1970 (which may not easily fit the heirloom