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Barnabooth blanc

Clos de Breuilly's white Barnabooth is a blend of Chardonnay and Tressallier, aged in oak barrels.

Saint-Pourçain AOP

Terroir

Grapes are harvested exclusively from the estate's vineyard.

From 350m to 360m
Gentle slope, c. 5%
South
60% sand, 25% silt, 15% clay on a subsoil of altered granitic and metamorphic rocks (gneiss)
Between 1964 and 1995
Etiquette Barnabooth blanc

Viticulture

Clos de Breuilly's vines are cultivated organically (farming is certified organic by FR-Bio-10 Agriculture France)

Cordon-trained vines with trellising
Guyot-Poussard
Disbudding, green harvesting
Harvest by hand with sorting at the vine

Vinification and Ageing

2 months in oak barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest). Gentle lees stirring during fermentation, malolactic fermentation.

10 months in oak barrels.
Lightly fined, gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

0.6 g/l
3.25
950 mg/l

Summary

50% Chardonnay, 50% Tressallier
October 9-11, 2024
November 25, 2025
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
3 470 bottles
22 hl/ha
12.5% vol

Vinification and Ageing

2 months in oak barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest). Gentle lees stirring during fermentation, malolactic fermentation.

10 months in oak barrels.
Lightly fined, gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

0.2 g/l
3.30
25 mg/l
50 mg/l
940 mg/l

Summary

50% Chardonnay, 50% Tressallier
September 19, 2023
July 24, 2024
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
2 680 bottles
40 hl/ha
13.5% vol

Vinification and Ageing

2 months in oak barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest). Gentle lees stirring during fermentation, malolactic fermentation.

10 months in oak barrels.
Lightly fined, gently filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

2 g/l
3.40
25 mg/l
60 mg/l
950 mg/l

Summary

70% Chardonnay, 30% Tressallier
September 7-12, 2022
August 4, 2023
Natural cork Trescases 49/24
3 400 bottles
40 hl/ha
12.5% vol

Vinification and Ageing

2 months in oak barrels from Ateliers Centre France (Tronçais forest). Gentle lees stirring during fermentation, malolactic fermentation.

10 months in oak barrels.
Not fined, not filtered

Analysis Before Bottling

0.7 g/l
3.35
25 mg/l
40 mg/l
1100 mg/l

Summary

70% Chardonnay, 30% Tressallier
September 14-16, 2020
October 28, 2021
Natural cork Francisco Sagrera 49/24
3 250 bottles
28 hl/ha
14% vol