SAINT AMOUR
This charmingly-named Cru will seduce you.
- General DetailsThis charmingly-named Cru will seduce you with its glistening ruby robe and its rich red fruit aromas and flavours that combine suppleness and finesse with the ardour and elegance that made its name.
Serve at 14°C with offal, poultry, feathered game and white meat.
- Data sheet100 % Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc
VILLAGES AND NAMED AREA
Saint-Amour “Aux Thèpes“
SURFACE
55 ares
ORIGIN
his charmingly named Cru is the most northern of the Beaujolais Crus, with most of the vines being in the Saône-et-Loire department of France rather than the Rhône where the other nine are to be found.
The appellation area is south-east facing and covers 310 hectares.
The maximum yield is 52hl per hectare with the maximum alcoholic degree at 13°.
VINIFICATION
The harvest takes place in mid-September. All the grapes are picked manually as the Beaujolais semi carbonic winemaking process requires that the bunches be whole.
Pressing is after 8 days of vatting, followed by malo-lactic fermentation and maturing in vats.
WINE CHARACTERISTCS AND ADVICES
The subtle aromas of kirsch, red fruit and a robe with purple-blue tints make this an elegant and refined wine with good mouth filling qualities.
It combines suppleness and finesse with the fieriness and elegance that have given the Cru its name.
A wine to charm you.
Serve at 13°C with liver, kidney, white meat and feathered game.