Domaine Jean Louis DUTRAIVE - Fleurie - Clos de la Grand'Cour 2020
The Domaine de la Grand'Cour is located in the Beaujolais region, and has vineyards in the appellations of Fleurie (9.7 hectares) and Brouilly (1.8 hectares). The Estate was bought in 1969 by Jean Dutraive, it is one of the oldest estates in Fleurie. Jean Dutraive was joined by his son Jean-Louis in 1977 and succeeded him definitively in 1989. Today, vinification is carried out by Jean-Louis, Ophélie and Lucas Dutraive . The vineyard has always been conducted in organic farming , and has been certified since 2009 . The Dutraive family also has a trading activity ; they source their grapes from organic winegrower friends and produce other wines.
The Gamay grapes, picked manually, are put into vats in whole bunches without destemming or crushing. They are placed at low temperature and saturated with carbon dioxide , without adding sulphite. Fermentation takes place naturally without intervention, except in the event of a problem, until pressing. No oenological product is used, the natural yeasts of the so-called indigenous grapes are responsible for characterizing the wines of the Domaine. The wine is then put in the cellar by gravity to begin the more or less long aging depending on the cuvées.
Le Clos de la Grand'Cour is located south of the Fleurie appellation on a plateau at an altitude of around 300 metres. The 6.4 hectare plot, a monopoly of the Dutraive family, rests on more or less deep soils on granite bedrock. This Fleurie cuvée comes from the youngest vines of the Clos, 45 years old on average. These cover a little less than 5 hectares of the plot. The grapes were vinified in concrete vats then the wines were aged in oak barrels (50%) and oak barrels (50%) for 7 months .
Grape variety: 100% Gamay
