Georges Descombes Brouilly VV 2018

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Gamay

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Black Fruit, Floral, Herbal, Mineral, and Red Fruit,

BODY: Medium -
DRYNESS: Very Dry
ACIDITY: High
TANNIN: Medium -
ALCOHOL (%):

Origin: Rhone Valley (Chateauneuf du Pape, Cote Rotie & More), France

Grape Varietals:
Gamay

Winemaking:
Minimal Interventionist Winemaking
Carbonic Maceration

Maturation:

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Pizza, roast lamb, Pate

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Tuna Tataki, Chicken wild fried rice

Description

Georges Descombes Brouilly VV 2018

Georges Descombes Brouilly Vieilles Vignes is sensational value for a Beaujolais Cru. The nose opens with violet florals, strawberry and slightly herbal notes. Light, refreshing acidity and silky tannins on the dry palate. Bright strawberry and raspberry flavours mingle around a mineral pillar and hints of blackberry.

100% Gamay. The fruit for this wine comes from old vines in a 3.5 hectare vineyard on steep slopes in Brouilly, organic farming.

Carbonic maceration with whole clusters then a slow vertical press to finish the fermentation. Ageing in old wooden casks. No additives, a small addition of SO2 before bottling.

Bright & Easy Reds

Easy drinking red wines with bright fruit aromas and low tannins. The wines are often released without much aging in tank, oak barrels or bottle, and are meant to be drunk early

These wines typically can be nejoyed without food, and are usually served cooler. They can be light bodied wines like Beaujolais, or light extraction styles that do not emphasize tannin & color extraction

Carbonic Maceration

Carbonic maceration is a form of whole bunch fermentation, when whole bunches of uncrushed grapes ferment from the inside out. It traditionally requires an environment full of CO2, some winemakers allow a percentage of crushed grapes to ferment & release the CO2.
While a natural process, it has been adopted as a stylistic choice to make wines fruiter & soften their tannins