MADAME L GAMAY VINTAGE THREE-PACK
MADAME L GAMAY VINTAGE THREE-PACK
Touraine–Chenonceaux, Loire Valley, France
Three-bottle Cellar Release pack, Certified Organic & Vegan
Taste the 2009, 2010, and 2011 vintages, from the old Gamay vines (36 & 44-year-old) in the original Choussy vineyard, it was carefully handpicked and sorted, before gentle foot-treading in one and two-year-old Seguin Moreau barrels, where it was fermented then matured on lees for nine months.
Madame L Gamay 2011, 2010, and 2009 (IGP VL) Vintage 3-Pack
Certification Agriculture Biologique (Certified Organic & Vegan) – Premium Cuvée
Variety: 100% Gamay – 36 & 44-year-old vines (in 2011)
Appellation: IGP Val de Loire (VDP), France – Touraine–Chenonceaux
Vineyard: Choussy
Soil: Sandy topsoil sitting on top of a thick layer of excellent smectite clay.
Winemaking: Handpicked, foot trod in fermentation barrels. Barrel fermented and 9 months on lees in one and two-year-old French oak.
Technical: Alc./Vol. 13% | Residual sugar 0.4 g/L | Free/Total Sulphur levels 16/95 mg/L | Bottled November 2012 | Production 1,800 bottles
2011 Vintage: This vintage is a family favourite – it was a wine of two vintages, that started off as a dry growing season, creating small intensely flavoured grapes. Hand picking was interrupted halfway by a deluge of rain for 7 days, and so the balance of grapes picked were of a very different character and the final blend took some time to come together, but in maturity is superb. Notes: Silky and savoury; its talcum powder tannins, forest berries and red orchard fruits are lifted by characteristic violets, star anise, cocoa, with a fine acid spine driving its excellent length.
2010 Vintage: A good vintage, with contrasting hot and cool periods, irregular flowering and ripening by parcel, but with careful hand selection it offered really good aromatic complexity, concentration, structure, and ripeness. We were pleased to have above average quality and yield. Notes: It is complex and savoury, with seductive characters of cherries and plums and hints of violets, spice, chocolate, nougat and liquorice, with silky texture and excellent length.
2009 Vintage: A top vintage with dry growing season from June to warm September, producing good ripeness, generous fruit flavours, and sound acidity from the cool September nights. Thankfully avoided much hail damage, for good yield, complexity, and generous characters in an excellent season. Notes: It is complex and savoury, with seductive characters of cherries and plums and hints of violets, spice, chocolate, nougat and liquorice, with silky texture and excellent length.
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