Fleurie La Madone
At a Glance
- Variety: Gamay
- Size: 0.85 ha (2.10 ac)
- Vine Age: Planted in 1976
- Terroir: Just below la chapelle de la Madone, overlooking Fleurie, 425 m altitude, south/southeast-facing, on shallow granitic sand.
- Viticulture: Organic (in conversion since 2022), gobelet trained.
- Vinification: 100% whole cluster, 2-4 week ambient yeast fermentation with semi-carbonic maceration in concrete tanks, 2 pump-overs per day, aged for 8 months in concrete tanks, no fining, no filtration, SO2 added after malolactic fermentation (approx. 30 ppm total at bottling).