Juliénas l'Irrésistible

From a careful selection of our best grapes on the best terroirs of Beaujolais, the Irrésistible is produced in very limited amount: 1333 bottles only, all individually numbered.

With its traditional wine making, it shows a smooth, velvety expression that will attract the most demanding Julienas amateurs

General Features

• AOC, Cru du Beaujolais
• Varietal Gamay pruned short in gobelet
• Average age of the vines: 80 years
• Surface : 0,2 ha
• Production in bottles : 1333
• Yield : maximum 35 hl
• Soil type : schist, granite and clay

Tasting Notes

Its purple hue is dark and superb. Its very expressive nose hints of ripened dark berries. Round, powerful, concentrated, smooth tannins. A remarquable harmony. A wine of character to appreciate with a delicate meat like a farm raised limousin veal sauté.

Winemaker's Notes

• Manual picking, fully egrapped, no stems
• Pneumatic press
• Semi carbonic maceration for 16 to 18 days
• Raised for 12 months demis muids (500 liter barrels).
• Estate bottled then further ageing in our 17th century cellar
• Minimum 5 years before drinking but will age 12 years or more when stored in proper conditions