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About This Wine
Le Clos De l’Amandier is a Hoppenot monopole, just three-quarters of a hectare of 25-year-old vines located at the southeast end of the Poncié climat. Like many of Hoppenot’s plots, this is also steeply sloped (30% gradient). It faces south to southwest, and its highest point reaches almost 400m elevation. The soils are a mixture of granitic sand and shallow, stony clay overlying hard granite bedrock. Unusually for this grower, half of these vines are cordon trained (the balance are his typical gobelet).
Following 15 days of whole-bunch fermentation with ambient yeasts in concrete vats (60hl) the wine was rested for eight months in both large oak foudre and mature Burgundian barrels that had previously seen five vintages.
Type | Red Wine |
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Varietal(s) | Gamay |
Country | France |
Region | Beaujolais |
Brand | Gregoire Hoppenot |
Vintage | 2021 |
Wines from Beaujolais
The Beaujolais region is in the southern part of Burgundy or the central-right part of France near the Swiss city of Geneva. While administratively considered part of the Burgundy wine region, the climate is closer to Rhône and the wine is sufficiently individual in character to be considered separate from Burgundy and Rhône.
Beaujolais is synonymous with the Gamay grape, as that is almost all of what they make there. Gamay is a red grape with thin skins and so produces red wine with low tannins. Gamay from the region also tends to be very light-bodied for a red wine and relatively high in acidity.
The region is also renowned internationally for it’s use of carbonic maceration. This is a winemaking technique where whole grapes are fermented in a carbon dioxide rich environment prior to crushing. Normally, wines are crushed to free the pulp and juice which is then fermented with yeast to convert the sugars into alcohol. Wines that are made by carbonic maceration are fruity and are very low in tannins as they haven’t had as much skin contact. Wines are also ready to drink quickly but lack the structure for long-term aging.