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Au chai, les possibilités sont infinies. Alors pourquoi ne pas tenter des expériences ? En 2022, il s’agit d’une longue macération de gamays en jarre pendant 3 mois, avant élevage en cuve.

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The Wine

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The Pourquoi Pas is the experimental cuvée of Clos de Breuilly. In 2022, it involves a long maceration of Gamay grapes in a jar for 3 months, before ageing in stainless tank.

Vin de France
100% Gamay
Red

Terroir

Grapes are harvested exclusively from the estate's vineyard.

Between 310m and 340m
Moderate slope, c. 15%
South-West
55% sand, 28% silt, 17% clay on a subsoil of altered granitic and metamorphic rocks (gneiss)
1996

Viticulture

Clos de Breuilly's vines are cultivated organically (farming is certified organic by FR-Bio-10 Agriculture France)

Cordon-trained vines with trellising
Guyot-Poussard
Disbudding, green harvesting
Harvest by hand with sorting at the vine
Etiquette Pourquoi Pas
September 14, 2022
August 4, 2023
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
570 bottles
20 hl/ha
13% vol
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Fully destemmed harvest, maceration and fermentation for 3 months in amphora. Punch-down.
8 months in stainless steel tank
Not filtered, not fined
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<0.1 g/l (LQ)
3.43
9 mg/l
10 mg/l
350 mg/l
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