2023 Clos De La Roilette, Fleurie 'La Griffe Du Marquis', Beaujolais, France Pedro Balda in elevation

in elevation

Conca de Barbera

and plenty of driving energy

Cortese both with regular punch downs during fermentation

with roughly 30% of the lot being whole cluster fermented

2023 Clos De La Roilette, Fleurie 'La Griffe Du Marquis', Beaujolais, France Pedro Balda in elevation100% Gamay. Grapes from most of Roilette's oldest vines go into the Cuve Tardive" bottling, but a small portion of them dating back to 1930 are reserved for the smallest of all Roilette production, La Griffe du Marquis, the only barrique aged wine from this cellar. As for the other estate vines, the soils are heavy clay with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron like mineral manganese. The farming is sustainable or lutte raisonne. All