Chateau des Vergers Beaujolais Lantignie Aux Vergers 2021

Cosima Bassouls is a young, charismatic leader of the bucolic Beaujolais-Lantignié region.

Located at 350m elevation, Aux Vergers is Cosima’s favorite parcel. The area around Aux Vergers is very diverse, with creeks, trees, bushes, and lots of small hills and valleys, where grapes co-exist with the natural environment. Over 70-year-old gamay vines are planted on shallow, rocky pierres bleues (blueschist) soils, where the vines have direct access to the bedrock. This exceptional vineyard yields structured wines with spicy, forest floor aromatics, earthy minerality, excellent acidity, and the firm tannins of a fine Cru Beaujolais built to age.

Beaujolais-Lantignié

Site: Aux Vergers at 350m

Grapes: 100% Gamay

Vine Age: 70+ years old

Soil: pierres bleues (blueschist)

Vinification: 11 days of whole-cluster, semi-carbonic maceration, slow pressing, then fermentation with native yeasts in cement tanks.

Aging: Eight months on the lees in concrete tanks

Fining & Filtration: None

Farming: Practicing Organic

S02: 39mg/L

Vegan: Yes