~ Old bush vines wine~
~ The wine:
This wine has a ruby colour with purple highlights.The nose reminds the ripen red fruits. The mouth is long well-balanced and the tannins are well integrated.
~ The Terroir:
This wine is the product of the Gamay grape variety and raised on a granitic soil.
~ The Estate:
16 ha in total with 10 ha in Brouilly -
Other appellations : Beaujolais Rouge et Rosé, Morgon & Gamaysienne (A sparkling red wine that can be found back in the "other wine" section)
~ The Vinification:
Traditional method, the ageing process happens in special oak tuns (Foudres) for 10 months. There is no wine filtration so the wine gets a little deposit on the bottom of the bottle, it is called "ancestery method".
~ Food Matching:
It can go with "amuse-bouche" cured meats, red meat dishes. It can also go along with games and Beaujolais goat cheeses.
Service temperature : 14°
This wine can be kept up to 10 years
~ The Wine maker: Alain Michaud
Estate : Domaine Alain Michaud
Adress : Beauvoir, 69220 Saint Lager
Phone number : 00 33 474 66 84 29
Fax number : 00 33 474 66 71 91
Mobile : 00 33 607 81 45 58
Email adress : alain.michaud17@wanadoo.fr
Web site : http://www.alain-michaud.fr/
"We welcome you in the estate for tasting": with an appointment and we can receive up to 25 persons.
