2024 Clos De La Roilette, Fleurie, Beaujolais, France Domaine Des Albatros offering notes of lemon curd

offering notes of lemon curd

Aging: Vats

except ‘99 and ‘03

Earlier that same year

The grapes get destemmed and fermented in stainless steel

2024 Clos De La Roilette, Fleurie, Beaujolais, France Domaine Des Albatros offering notes of lemon curd100% Gamay. From vines around 40 years old and up, on heavy clay soils with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron like mineral manganese. The farming is sustainable or lutte raisonne. 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. Vinification is traditional, semi carbonic Beaujolais style. The whole clusters are harvested by hand and fermented