Bulles 12 mois
Sparkling Brut Nature wine made using the traditional method (second fermentation in bottle, ageing on lees). Aged for 12 months. No dosage.
Vin de France
Gamay, Pinot noir (blend depending on vintage)
Blanc de Noirs (white wine made with red grapes)
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
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
5 months: Gamay (70%) in tank, Pinot noir (30%) in oak 400l barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest). No lees stirring, malolactic fermentation.
12 months on lees (in bottle)
Lightly fined, gently filtered
Analysis Before Bottling
<0.2 g/l
3.15
25 mg/l
50 mg/L
Summary
70% Gamay, 30% Pinot noir
August 31, 2021
May 10, 2023 & December 2023
3 600 bottles
Natural cork
40 hl/ha
12% vol
Vinification and Ageing
5 months, one part in tank, the rest in one 400l oak barrel from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest). Daily lees stirring during fermentation, malolactic fermentation.
12 months on lees (in bottle)
Not fined, not filtered
Analysis Before Bottling
<0.2 g/l
2.90
5 mg/l
17 mg/l
Summary
100% Gamay
August 2020, 26-27
May 11, 2022
3 600 bottles
40 hl/ha
12% vol