• Variety: Gamay
• Vine Age: Planted in 1935 and 1972
• Terroir: Purchased grapes from Saint-Germain-Nuelles in the southern Beaujolais, southwest-facing, clay soil with limestone and granite.
• Viticulture: Purchased grapes, organic (not certified), 3,750 vines/ha, gobelet trained.
• Vinification: 100% whole cluster, 10 ppm SO2 added before vinification, fermentation started with an ambient yeast pied de cuve with white grapes, daily wetting of the cap with a bucket, punch downs after 5-7 days, pressed after 10-14 days with a vertical press, aged for 8-10 months in used barrels, no fining, no filtration, 5-10 ppm SO2 added before bottling (approx. 35 ppm total at bottling)