Details:
Producer: Verre de Terre
Vintage: 2019
Variety: Gamay d’Auvergne
Country: France
Region: Auvergne
Terroir: Basalt
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 13%
Format: Magnum
Description:
From old vines of gamay d’auvergne planted over volcanic basalt and quartz. The grapes were fermented as whole bunches for a fortnight before being pressed to tank, and eventually run to barrel for elevage.
Coarse, fragrant and mineral, with a slightly warmer year giving a slightly darker shade of earthen forest fruit.
Sancerre-born Benoit Rosenberger farms three hectares of gamay d’auvergne from 50-80 year old vines split across small parcels, around 350-500 metres above sea level.
Details:
Producer: Verre de Terre
Vintage: 2019
Variety: Gamay d’Auvergne
Country: France
Region: Auvergne
Terroir: Basalt
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 13%
Format: Magnum
Description:
From old vines of gamay d’auvergne planted over volcanic basalt and quartz. The grapes were fermented as whole bunches for a fortnight before being pressed to tank, and eventually run to barrel for elevage.
Coarse, fragrant and mineral, with a slightly warmer year giving a slightly darker shade of earthen forest fruit.
Sancerre-born Benoit Rosenberger farms three hectares of gamay d’auvergne from 50-80 year old vines split across small parcels, around 350-500 metres above sea level.
