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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

15 days in stainless steel tank. Gentle lees stirring during fermentation, malolactic fermentation.

10 months in oak barrels.
Lightly fined, not 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