• Olivier Merlin
  • Moulin à Vent La Rochelle

    At a Glance

    • Size: 1.0 ha (2.47 ac)
    • Variety: Gamay
    • Vine Age: 85% planted in 1937, 15% in 1962
    • Terroir: Southeast-facing, 10% slope, 250 m elevation, poor, sandy granite soil with manganese.
    • Viticulture: Sustainable, 13,000 vines/ha, plowed by horse.
    • Vinification: 100% whole-cluster, semi-carbonic maceration and fermentation in conical wooden tanks, daily pump-overs, aged for 18 months in barrels (<20% new), no fining, lightly filtered.