Grandes Mises Moulin-a-Vent

Wine Description

The appellation gets its name from the presence of an old windmill situated in the middle of the vineyard, which was used to mill grain until the mid 19th Century. The Moulin-A-Vent appellation stretches over the communes of Romaneche-Thorins and Chenas.

Christophe Remondiere
Christophe Remondiere
Christophe Remondiere
Vines
Serge Chapuis
Landscape
Landscape
Landscape
Landscape
Mommessin Beaujolais
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Acclaim
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Vineyard & Production Info
Soil composition
shallow, pink-brown soil is sandy and not very clayey, clearly acidic
Harvest time:
August
Bottles produced of this wine:
6,200
Average Vine Age:
50 years
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
25 days
Varietal composition:
100% Gamay Noir
Fermentation container:
concrete container
Maceration technique:
pump over
Malolactic fermentation:
full
Fining agent:
no
Type of aging container:
oak barrels
Type of oak:
3 - 5 years old oak barrels
Length of aging before bottling:
10 months
Total SO2
27
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.6
Acidity:
3.45 g/L
Alcohol:
13 %
Total SO2
27
Residual sugar:
<3 g/L
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Wine Production

The grapes were 100% de-stemmed but not crushed, and then placed in vat by gravity. The fermentation maceration lasted 25 days with cap-punching, over-pumping and racking before pressing at the end of October.

The wine was then placed into 3 to 5 years old oak barrels for a 10 months ageing period on its fine lees.

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About the Vineyard

The appellation gets its name from the presence of an old windmill situated in the middle of the vineyard, which was used to mill grain until the mid-19th Century. The Moulin-A-Vent appellation stretches over the communes of Romaneche-Thorins and Chenas.

The soil of Moulin-A-Vent is fairly shallow, permeable and rich in mineral elements especially manganese. Composed of pink-colored brittle granite.

The shallow, pink-brown soil is sandy and not very clayey, but clearly acidic, on variegated clays beyond 105 cm, then pebbles, then weathered granite.

From a rigorous selection of a single domaine sourcing. The vineyard benefits from all exposures except the North.