2022 Louis-Claude Desvignes Morgon La Voûte Saint-Vincent Beaujolais

Winemaker Notes: 100% Gamay. The beginning of the Desvignes range is "La Voûte Saint Vincent". The wine is named for the vault or "voûte" of the old family house and for the patron saint of winemakers, St. Vincent. It is a blend of various estate parcels totally 4.5 hectares in the climat of Douby, which lies in the northeast corner of Morgon along the border of Fleurie. The La Voûte vines average 45 years in age and are planted in Douby's typical sandy, decomposed-granite soils.

Viticulture and vinification are consistent across all Desvignes wines. The vines are certified-organic and harvested by hand. The bunches--50% destemmed, 50% whole-cluster--go through a semi-carbonic maceration in open-top concrete vats, with a submerged-cap maceration of about 10 days. A very small amount of sulfur (1-2 grams/hectoliter) is added after malo and sometimes at bottling. The wine is aged in concrete for 7-9 months and bottled with a light, non-sterile filtration.