Pourquoi Pas 25
The Pourquoi Pas is the experimental cuvée of Clos de Breuilly. In 2025, we produced a blanc de noir from Gamay grapes, matured for 12 months in concrete eggs and oak casks.
Vin de France
100% Gamay
Blanc de noir
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
Vinification en blanc
12 months in concrete eggs and 400l oak casks.
Lightly fined (bentonite), very light filtration
Analysis Before Bottling
0 g/l
3.11
25 mg/l
50 mg/l
900 mg/l
Summary
September 15, 2025
July 13, 2026
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
1330 bottles
25 hl/ha
12.5% vol