Les Cepages Oublies Gamay de Bouze

Henry Marionnet

Les Cepages Oublies Gamay de Bouze

Producer
Henry Marionnet

Country
France

Region
Loire Valley

Sub-Region
Loire-et-Cher

Appellation
Vin de Pays du Val de Loire

Farming
Organic, Vegan

Varietals
100% Gamay de Bouze

Vineyards & Viticulture
Made of ungrafted Gamay de Bouze, a rare teinturier varietal traditionally planted in the Cher Valley in the 19th century up until the 1970s. The grape takes its name from the Burgundian village of Bouze.

Soils
Flinty, clay soil, with very little earth; deep siliceous sands on clay

Harvest & Vinification
The grapes are manually harvested with a second sorting at the winery. The grapes undergo carbonic maceration in stainless steel tanks, without the addition of yeasts or sulfur. The wine rests in stainless steel tank until bottling in the spring of following year.