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Gerard Boulay, Clos de Beaujeu

Loire Valley, France 2011 (750mL)
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Gerard Boulay, Clos de Beaujeu


The Boulay family has been farming these hills since the 1380’s. Their vineyards are all worked by hand and farmed organically. He is known as one of the hardest working vignerons in the area and most of his vineyards are all incredibly steep. One of their steepest sites is the “Clos de Beaujeu,” which has about a 60% slope, just over an acre in size and has a perfect southeast exposure to the sun. These vineyards are famous for a soil named “Terre Blanche,” a chalk like soil which is very similar to the soils found in some areas of Burgundy. When these unique soils are planted to old vine Sauvignon Blanc, the resulting wines can be extraordinary. The texture, richness, and minerality these wines display creates a taste experience like no other.  

These grapes are harvested manually and fermented using natural yeasts in large stainless steel tanks. After fermentation, the wine is aged in large neutral 300 liter oak barrels before bottling. The color of this wine is a medium straw yellow to hints of green on the rim. The nose is powerful, fresh and expansive showing aromas of gooseberry, passion fruit, black currant underleaf, lemon oil, crushed seashells and honeysuckle. The palate is full of texture with a very fine minerality that gets better and better as the wine warms up and gets more oxygen. I suggest letting this wine open up for an hour or so before drinking it at cellar temperature (55-60F). The quality of this wine for its price point is remarkable.
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Country
France
Region
Loire Valley
Sub-Region
FranceSancerre
Soil
Terre Blanche (Kimmeridgian Limestone)
Farming
Organic
Blend
Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol
13.0
OAK
Neutral

France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

Enjoying the greatest wines of Beaujolais starts, as it usually does, with the lay of the land. In Beaujolais, 10 localities have been given their own AOC (Appellation of Controlled Origin) designation. They are: Saint Amour; Juliénas; Chénas; Moulin-à Vent; Fleurie; Chiroubles; Morgon; Régnié; Côte de Brouilly; and Brouilly.

Southwestern France

Bordeaux

Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

Loire Valley

The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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