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BROUILLY
Generous aromas

Vendanges

Located at the foot of Mont Brouilly, the Château de
Pierreux vineyard covers 106 ha (261.93 ac): 97 ha
(239.69 ac) of Brouilly, 7 ha (17.29 ac) of Chardonnay
and 2 ha (4.94ac) of Beaujolais-Villages. It consists
of over 110 plots growing in granite soils that feature
a blend of sand, porphyry, schist and silica.
One notable feature of this year was the Gamay’s very
healthy foliage, combined with grapes that had not
coped well with the heat, whereas with the Chardonnay, Initial tastings
it was the other way round!
24 August: we began with the Brouilly. Although the ‘Brouilly: the Gamay grapes featured very high sugar
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grapes were healthy-looking, some had suffered from content, intense colour and high levels of potential
too much sun – yields were negatively affected too! alcohol. We adapted our vinification approach as a
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29 August: the Chardonnay produced good quantities result, and after destemming, implemented a short
of extremely fine grapes which were not overly affected period of vatting (2 weeks), which was enough to bring
by the heat and lack of rainfall. out a beautiful deep red shade and gorgeous ripe
summer fruit, almost jammy aromas, underpinned by
4 September: end of the harvest. supple, well-balanced tannins. The Brouilly are being
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aged in oak foudres.
The Chardonnays are very nice, well-balanced,
boasting citrus fruit and tropical fruit notes. Alcoholic
fermentation was carried out in part in demi-muids
(450 litre barrels) and the wines are continuing the
ageing process in these barrels.’
ALAIN DUGOUJARD

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