Details:
Producer: Le Bois Dieu
Vintage: 2023
Variety: Gamay
Country: France
Region: Brionnais, Auvergne
Terroir: Sandstone
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 13.5%
Description:
Le Bois Dieu was established by Salma Cassam Chenaï and Frédéric Thiry who in 2015 moved to the commune of Semur-en-Brionnais, an hour west of Macon on the eastern side of the Loire River, to restore an old agricultural estate and work with its plots of old gamay vines.
In addition to making wines from their own vineyard, Salma and Frédéric also make wine from fruit bought from other friends in the area, and from elsewhere in France. This wine comes from gamay grown in Payzac, in the Ardèche, by Jocelyn Vigoroux, and was raised semi-carbonically in a mixture of steel tank and sandstone jars.
Compact and concentrated with generous and spicy dark red fruit, velvety tannin and relaxed albeit balanced acidity, this is a delicious and approachably fruity style which shares in much in common with many of our favourite grenache blends from the Rhone, Ardèche and other warmer regions in France’s south.
Details:
Producer: Le Bois Dieu
Vintage: 2023
Variety: Gamay
Country: France
Region: Brionnais, Auvergne
Terroir: Sandstone
Farming: Organic
Fining/Filtration: None
Added SO2: None
ABV: 13.5%
Description:
Le Bois Dieu was established by Salma Cassam Chenaï and Frédéric Thiry who in 2015 moved to the commune of Semur-en-Brionnais, an hour west of Macon on the eastern side of the Loire River, to restore an old agricultural estate and work with its plots of old gamay vines.
In addition to making wines from their own vineyard, Salma and Frédéric also make wine from fruit bought from other friends in the area, and from elsewhere in France. This wine comes from gamay grown in Payzac, in the Ardèche, by Jocelyn Vigoroux, and was raised semi-carbonically in a mixture of steel tank and sandstone jars.
Compact and concentrated with generous and spicy dark red fruit, velvety tannin and relaxed albeit balanced acidity, this is a delicious and approachably fruity style which shares in much in common with many of our favourite grenache blends from the Rhone, Ardèche and other warmer regions in France’s south.
