177 Chiroubles AC 2010
Daniel Bouland

Grape:100% Gamay (13.5% alc.)

Daniel Bouland’s Chiroubles comes from a 0.65 hectare vineyard, 30 year old vines and a yellow sandstone, very light in composition. The vines face north-east, useful in an exceptionally ripe fruit-intense vintage such as 2009. The flamboyant dark cherry and raspberry fruit put one in mind of an excellent Dolcetto d’Alba from Piemonte. For drinking now to 2013.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Daniel Bouland
Location:	Corcelette, Villie-Morgon
Size of domaine:	6 hectares of which 0.65h for Chiroubles
Grape:	Gamay, planted on Vialla rootstock in 1973, 1981 and 1990. Selection massale. 10,000 vines per hectare. Gobelet formation.
Terroir:	Yellow sandstone rock with a very fine, light decomposed sandy topsoil. North facing site, very hot.
Viticulture:	Soil not ploughed but leave grass to limit yields. Also ensure that there is good leaf canopy to protect grapes. Neither debud nor carry out vendanges en vert. Use sulphur against oidium. Vines are trimmed by hand. Hand harvested to give yields around 50 hectos per hectare.
Vinification:	Indigenous yeasts. Carries out classic maceration carbonique of entire grape bunches in cement cuve with 2 remontages a day. 15 days cuvaison. Pressed by pneumatic press and press wine assembled. Aged in cuve. 1 bottling at start of May. Wines unfined but filtered by kieselghur.
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qty (bottles)

exc vat: £9.92