Domaine des Moriers Fleurie 2022

Producer: Domaine des Moriers
Region: Fleurie, Beaujolais, France
Varietals: Gamay
Viticulture: Certified Organic, Biodynamic
Category: Red
Size: 750ml

Domaine des Moriers began in 2005, born from an unlikely pair of friends who shared a passion for Cru Beaujolais. Dominique Cor had spent his career working in digital technology but always had an eye out for a way into the wine industry, ever since tasting a revelatory bottle of 1953 Château Margaux. François de Nicolaÿ grew up among the vines, working and learning at his family winery, Chandon de Briailles. They began with a plot in Moulin-à-Vent and expanded in 2018 with the purchase of a winery in Lancié.

Work in the vineyards is done manually, with the assistance of horses. All grapes are hand harvested and pressed in a traditional vertical press. Vinification happens naturally, in cement vats, without chaptalization, commercial yeast, or sulfites. Aging takes place in a combination of stainless steel and used oak barrels.

This Gamay is from four hectares across three plots in Les Marans, Les Ballis, and La Côte. Soil is granite, manganese, and sand. Vines average 40 years-old. Whole cluster fermentation in concrete vats, aged 70% in vat and 30% in used oak barrels.