Chiroubles Indigène Château de Javernand

Annual production: 5,000 bottles
Soil: weathered granite, pink in appearance, lean and sandy
Grape variety: black gamay with white juice, short cordon pruning
Average age of the plots: 30 years, restructured for more integrated viticulture.
Harvest: manual
Yield: 45 hl per hectare
Vinification: Traditional Beaujolais vinification in whole bunches. Carbonic maceration for ten days. No added sulphite. Natural start in fermentation thanks to indigenous yeasts. Unfiltered and sulphite-free wine at bottling.
Tasting notes: We aim for viticulture that respects people and the terroir. The plots from which this cuvée comes are close to organic farming.
This cuvée, natural, develops a fairly wide aromatic palette, resulting from carbonic maceration and the diversity of indigenous yeasts. The melted tannins and the absence of filtration and sulphiting during bottling allow it to be appreciated from its first year.
After opening, do not let the bottle drain for several days because this wine is more sensitive to oxidation. This cuvée has been produced since 2013, under the impetus of the new generation, Arthur Fourneau and Pierre Prost, who arrived at the head of the estate in 2011.