Côte de Brouilly
"Clos du Calvaire"

Grape variety

- Gamay noir with white juice

Terroir

- 70% Lieu-dit Les Berthaudières (Volcanic rocks of blue stones)

- 30% Lieu-dit Chavannes (pink granite)

Culture

- Vines around 40 years old

- Cup pruning, 10,000 vines/ha

- Cultivation according to the principles of reasoned pest management

- 100% manual harvest

Winemaking

- Traditional Beaujolais vinification with little extraction

- Semi-carbonic maceration

- Aged in oak barrels (80%) and in concrete vats (20%) for 10 months

- Aged in bottle for 12 months before marketing

Tasting

- View: Deep garnet red

- Nose: Jammy black fruits, note of vanilla and black pepper

- Mouth: Soft tannin on light notes of sweet spices

Food/Wine Pairings

- Wild boar terrine with Beaujolais

- Matured prime rib

- Shoulder of lamb with sweet spices