Dolia - Amphora 2019
Dolia - Amphora 2019
Gamay
Medium bodied
Vaux-en-Beaujolais, Beaujolais
Waxy, mineral, deep and delicious. Cyrille hand-destems the Gamay before leaving to an 8 month maceration in amphora. Aiming to intervene as little as possible with the wine, looking for an ancient method of vinification.
Sulphur: None added
Cuvée: Dolia - Amphora
Vintage: 2019
Producer: Cyrille Vuillod
Region: France, Vaux en Beaujolais, La Chaumière
Style + Colour: Still, Red
Grapes/Blend: Gamay
ABV: 12%
Winemaking: Hand selected from the oldest vines, approaching 100 years old on pink granite. Macerated for 8 months in an amphora before pressing.
Originating from the Hautes-Alpes, Cyrille had various careers before finding winemaking as a grape harvester, which is how he landed in Beaujolais. A warm character with a cheeky smile, his wines all show a real softness with a serious drinkability. Vinification is mostly full carbonic maceration with little, if any, use of oak and sulphur. Initially working under Jean-Claude Lapalu, he produced his first vintage in 2012. He has 5 hectares of old and young Gamay on the edge of Brouilly, vines planted on a mix of pink granite, sand, clay and silex.
