2018 VDF - La Baleine Ivre
2018 VDF - La Baleine Ivre
100% Gamay. 8 days of maceration. Fermented in fibreglass. Aged for 5 months in oak barrel. No added sulphur.
Cuvée: La Baleine Ivre
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Gamay
ABV: 13%
Vintage: 2018
Winemaking: 30 year old Gamay. 8 days of maceration. Fermented in fibreglass. Aged for 5 months in oak barrel.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Pink granite and sand soils
Yield: 25 hl/ ha
Originating from the Hautes-Alpes, Cyrille had various careers before finding winemaking as a grape harvester, which is how he landed in Beaujolais. A warm character with a cheeky smile, his wines all show a real softness with a serious drinkability. Vinification is mostly full carbonic maceration with little, if any, use of oak and sulphur. Initially working under Jean-Claude Lapalu, he produced his first vintage in 2012. He has 5 hectares of old and young Gamay on the edge of Brouilly, vines planted on a mix of pink granite, sand, clay and silex.