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Bulles 36 mois

Sparkling Brut Nature wine made using the traditional method (second fermentation in bottle, ageing on lees). Aged for 3 years. 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
Etiquette Bulles 36 mois

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.
3 years 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
November 26, 2024
3 750 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.
3 years 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
December 2023
1 950 bottles
Natural cork
40 hl/ha
12% vol