Vignobles Bodillard, Beaujolais-Villages 'Les Laforest' 2024 (750ml)

Region: BEAUJOLAIS - Villages of Emeringes and Vauxrenard

Grape: Gamay

Vine Age: 50 to 80 years

Soil: Sandy granite soils on steep slopes

Altitude: 500 meters

Exposure: Southwest

Farming Practice: Certified organic and practicing biodynamic farming. Cultivated entirely by hand due to steep slopes; vines are bush-trained in goblet form; hand-harvested.

Harvest Date: Second week of September

Yeast: Native yeasts

Maceration: Carbonic for 10 days

Fermentation: In concrete vats

Malolactic: Yes

Aging: Four months in concrete vats

SO2: 40 mg/L added at bottling

The Bodillard vineyards are planted on the undulating hills around Morgon, in granitic, sandy, and schist soils. The vines are between 20 and 100 years old, bringing a wide variety of distinct, unique aromas to each wine. The vineyards have been cared for by the Bodillard family for five generations. Today, Renaud Bodillard oversees the family vineyards with organic and biodynamic farming. Harvest is done exclusively by hand. Once in the winery, the grapes are carefully placed into concrete vats or old oak barrels for whole grape carbonic maceration. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts, and the wines are aged in carefully selected French oak vats and barrels.