2023 Clos De La Roilette, Fleurie 'La Griffe Du Marquis', Beaujolais, France Pedro Balda Soil: Marl

Soil: Marl

Soils plowed

A masterclass in Japanese blending at extreme age

with roughly 30% of the lot being whole cluster fermented

Conca de Barbera

2023 Clos De La Roilette, Fleurie 'La Griffe Du Marquis', Beaujolais, France Pedro Balda Soil: Marl100% Gamay. Grapes from most of Roilette's oldest vines go into the Cuve Tardive" bottling, but a small portion of them dating back to 1930 are reserved for the smallest of all Roilette production, La Griffe du Marquis, the only barrique aged wine from this cellar. As for the other estate vines, the soils are heavy clay with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron like mineral manganese. The farming is sustainable or lutte raisonne. All