MOULIN A VENT JEAN PHILIPPE GUILLOT

Location

acing East, the vines were planted on the Climat Les Bois Maréchaux around the Gallo-Roman villas built in Romanesca (Romanèche). This Moulin à Vent is the lord of the Beaujolais, it is the one that comes closest to the great Burgundies.

Color : Red
Grape variety : GAMAY

Soil : Granitic sand with manganese veins

Vinification
Manual harvesting, maceration of grapes in tanks

Origin
Made from several plots of old steep vines in gobelet pruning.

Aging
9 months in tank

Tasting notes
16°C.  A dark garnet color with deep ruby. A spicy and complex nose with perfumes of faded rose and iris. In mouth, fleshy, the tannins are fine and the aromas of spices and persistent black fruits, sometimes of very ripe wild strawberry and a mineral zest

Pairing suggestions
Red meat, game, meats in sauce (beef bourguignon, coq au vin), soft cheeses (munster, epoisses, camembert…)

Keeping potential : 10 years
Alcohol : 13 % vol.