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Wine created from Gamay de Bouze, an ancient vine originally from Burgundy and implanted in the Cher Valley over a hundred years ago.
This particular variety of very colourful red fleshed berries is very different from the traditional berries with white juice.
This variety has practically disappeared, but appreciated for its rusticity well balanced with generosity.
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Region | Loire |
| Appellation | Touraine |
| Winery | Domaine de la Charmoise |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Color | Red |
| Grape | Gamay de Bouze |
Wine created from Gamay de Bouze, an ancient vine originally from Burgundy and implanted in the Cher Valley over a hundred years ago.
This particular variety of very colourful red fleshed berries is very different from the traditional berries with white juice.
This variety has practically disappeared, but appreciated for its rusticity well balanced with generosity.
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Region | Loire |
| Appellation | Touraine |
| Winery | Domaine de la Charmoise |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Color | Red |
| Grape | Gamay de Bouze |
Winery Description
La famille Marionnet est arrivée à Soings, dans la partie orientale de la Touraine à 30 km au sud de Blois, au milieu du siècle dernier.
Encépagement
Le Domaine de la Charmoise est en très grande majorité planté de Gamay noir à jus blanc pour les vins rouges et de Sauvignon pour les vins blancs.
Le Gamay noir à jus blanc couvre une surface de 33 hectares. Les vignes de sélection massale ont été plantées entre 1967 et 1978. Les rendements moyens sont d'environ 55 hl/ha. Le Sauvignon occupe au Domaine une superficie de 20 ha. Les vignes de sélection massale ont été plantées pour la plupart entre 1967 et 1982. Les rendements moyens sont d'environ 40 hl/ha.
Sol
Le sol est de type « perruches », c'est-à-dire constitué d'argile à silex avec plus ou moins de silice et de graviers. Le Domaine est situé au point le plus élevé entre la Loire au nord, et le Cher au sud.
Climat
Grâce à sa position, la plus à l'est de la Touraine, le Domaine bénéficie d'un climat plus continental et donc propice au Gamay comme au Sauvignon. De plus, un micro-climat favorable assure à la fois une excellente maturité et une bonne protection envers les gelées printanières
| Closure | Natural Cork |
|---|---|
| Bottle Size | 75cl |
| Alcohol | 13.5% |
| Product Code | LO002 |
| Inventory | In Stock (222) |
Tasting notes
A very dense wine, deep colours and over-boarding Black fruit aromas.
- tannins are round and harmonious
- density and structure are fascinating
Comparing it to NO OTHER existing GAMAY.
Pairing
To be appreciated with hearty sandwiches and roasted meats.
Cellaring
Serve just cooled around 12° when young.
It can also be aged 30 - 40 years and its structure reserves surprises through the years.
Terroir
Two types of soils : the first is clay and middle sized flint with very little soil , the second is a deep layer of flint sands over clay.
Vinification
Vinification :
- after basking in the sun
- berries harvested exclusively by hand
- delicately set in baskets
- severe sorting keeping only the first fruits
- brought to the cellar to rest, where
- emptied basket by basket into stainless steel vats
Under a carbonic gas atmosphere
- they undergo a natural, intercellular fermentation process (5-6°)
- transforming themselves into wine inside the fruit
- after devatting the fermentation finishes
- bottling is done during the month of March after the cold winter
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Wine created from Gamay de Bouze, an ancient vine originally from Burgundy and implanted in the Cher Valley over a hundred years ago.
This particular variety of very colourful red fleshed berries is very different from the traditional berries with white juice.
This variety has practically disappeared, but appreciated for its rusticity well balanced with generosity.