2019 Fleurie Les Côtes
Domaine Laura Lardy, Fleurie, Beaujolais, France
- Les Côtes: black and pink granite with sand, facing south-east, 50-year-old vines.
- Whole-bunch carbonic maceration for 13 days on indigenous yeasts.
- Ten months in an 80-year-old, 3,000 L foudre.
- Appellation
- Fleurie
- Lieu-dit
- Les Côtes
- Grape
- 100% Gamay
- Soil
- Sand, black and pink granite
- Exposure
- South-east
- Vine age
- 50 years
- Pruning
- Gobelet
- Harvest
- By hand, with sorting
Winemaking
Carbonic maceration of whole bunches for 13 days, with indigenous yeasts and no additions, then a slow pressing. Aged ten months in a 3,000 L foudre that is 80 years old.
Tasting Notes
From old vines high on granite slopes. Violets, crushed raspberry and wild strawberry on the nose. The palate is light on its feet but quietly structured, with silky red fruit, subtle spice and stony minerality. Fine tannins and a cool, savoury thread lead to a long, poised finish.
Distributed in Australia by Principal Wine.