Clos De La Roilette, Gamay "Cuvée Tardive" Fleurie, Beaujolais, France 2024 walk-around He focuses on the grapes

He focuses on the grapes

After a nine-month spirit maceration

with a touch of heather and honey

wine is aged for several years in Slavonian oak barrels

Failla made its debut as Failla-Jordan

Clos De La Roilette, Gamay "Cuvée Tardive" Fleurie, Beaujolais, France 2024 walk-around He focuses on the grapes100% Gamay. From the oldest estate vines, which are 80 years old and up, on heavy clay soils with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron like mineral manganese. "Tardive" does not mean that the harvest is late but rather is a reference to the wine's ability and need to age for years. The farming is sustainable. All vineyard work is by hand, with the soils worked only superficially, at most twice per year, to protect the roots of these