2022 Julien Cecillon 'La Savane' Gamay IGP Collines Rhodaniennes, France Leo Alzinger 2022 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos

2022 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs

Color: dark honey

but also a tiny bit in the western Loire Valley

fermented to dryness

1998 Brendan Tracey 'Romorantin'

2022 Julien Cecillon 'La Savane' Gamay IGP Collines Rhodaniennes, France Leo Alzinger 2022 Domaine Michel Lafarge ClosLa Savane comes from a 2 hectare parcel planted in 1978 in Ardoix, a rugged landscape deep in the hills of the Ardche. The soils in this parcel are decomposed granite and sand; altitude is at 400m. Fermentation is 70% destemmed, 30% whole cluster in stainless steel; levage is then split between steel and larger 5 7 year old barrels. La Savane is a darker, deeper, Rhne styled Gamay.