Vins de la Madone Les Rougeots du Clos Gamays 2021 padthaway The wine was gently handled

The wine was gently handled through fermentation and extraction on skins to develop flavour and structure whilst still allowing the fruit quality to shine

Fruit set was lower than expected and ripening lagged so that vintage started approximately two weeks later than normal

This wine is ruby red in color with a garnet rim

needing several years to open out

Vins de la Madone Les Rougeots du Clos Gamays 2021 padthaway The wine was gently handledLes Rougeots du Clos is a single, one hectare plot at 600 metres co planted to three of Gamays red fleshed teinturier clones. The first two are Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chaudenay. Thought to be introduced by the Benedictine monks, these old variants are now almost extinct outside the Monts du Forez. Theres also a little Gamaret, a cross between Gamay Noir and Reichensteiner created in Switzerland in 1970 (which may not easily fit the heirloom