2021 Moulin à Vent Le Mont
Domaine Laura Lardy, Moulin-à-Vent, Beaujolais, France
- Le Mont: pink granite and sand, facing north, vines averaging 65 years.
- Whole-bunch carbonic maceration on indigenous yeasts, started cool for 14 days.
- Aged 60% in tank and 40% in 228 L barrels; a cru built to age.
- Appellation
- Moulin-à-Vent
- Lieu-dit
- Le Mont
- Grape
- 100% Gamay
- Soil
- Sand and pink granite
- Exposure
- North
- Vine age
- 65 years on average
- Pruning
- Gobelet
- Harvest
- By hand, with sorting
Winemaking
Carbonic maceration of whole bunches with indigenous yeasts and no additions, starting cool at about 10°C, for 14 days, then a slow pressing. Aged 60% in tank and 40% in 228 L barrels.
Tasting Notes
From old vines on pink granite sand. The nose is perfumed and bright, with red cherry and raspberry. The palate breezes in with red fruit, mouthwatering acidity and a cool mineral thread. Silky tannins give precision, and the structure of the cru suggests good ageing ahead.
Distributed in Australia by Principal Wine.