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Barnabooth rouge

Clos de Breuilly's red Barnabooth is a blend of Gamay and Pinot noir, aged in oak barrels.

Saint-Pourçain AOP

Terroir

Grapes are harvested exclusively from the estate's vineyard.

From 350m to 360m
Gentle slope, c. 5%
South
60% sand, 25% silt, 15% clay on a subsoil of altered granitic and metamorphic rocks (gneiss)
Between 1960 and 2005
Etiquette Barnabooth rouge

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

Vinification and Ageing

15 days in stainless steel tank. Pump-over morning and evening with an R'Pulse pump. No punch-down.

10 months: Pinot noir in oak barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest), Gamay in stainless steel tank.

Gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

<0.2 g/l (LQ)
3.45
25 mg/l
70 mg/l
950 mg/l

Summary

60% Pinot noir, 40% Gamay
September 8-12, 2022
August 4, 2023
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
5 600 bottles
35 hl/ha
13% vol

Vinification and Ageing

15 days in stainless steel tank. Pump-over morning and evening with an R'Pulse pump. No punch-down.

2 months in terracotta jars (Tava), then 8 months in in oak barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest).

Gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

<2 g/l
3.40
25 mg/l
70 mg/l
850 mg/l

Summary

60% Pinot noir, 40% Gamay
September 23-25, 2021
July 22, 2022
Natural cork Francisco Sagrera 49/24
1 900 bottles
13 hl/ha
13% vol

Vinification and Ageing

15 days in enamelled tank, 20% whole bunches. Pump-over morning and evening with an R'Pulse pump. No punch-down.

12 months: Gamay in stainless steel tank, Pinot noir in oak barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest).

Not fined, not filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

<0.2 g/l
3.66
<10 mg/l (LQ)
<10 mg/l (LQ)
850 mg/l

Summary

70% Pinot noir, 30% Gamay
15-18 septembre 2020
28 octobre 2021
Liège naturel Francisco Sagrera 49/24
2 359 bouteilles
17 hl/ha
15.5% vol