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Domaine de la Pirolette

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From the top of the hill, facing the church of the famous Beaujolais village of Saint-Amour, the Pirolette estate is writing its own beautiful story. Taken over in 2013 by Virginie Barbet, a former sales representative in the cooperage industry, and her husband Grégory, along with a group of co-owners, the estate is now one of the appellation's leading names. Housed in a building dating back to 1600, the Domaine de La Pirolette owes its name to a pretty white flower: the Pirole. Established on a 15-hectare vineyard, with plots on different terroirs, stony sandstone and blue stone soils, clay and deep weathered pink granite, the lieux-dits Le Carjot, La Poulette, and La Pirolette are highlighted and make up the estate's range.

Here, the Gamay grape variety reigns supreme, vinified in whole bunches as is the tradition in Beaujolais, but also with destemming according to the Burgundy tradition. The wines of the La Pirolette estate are obtained by gentle extraction to preserve the accents of the terroir. This ancestral technique is called "chapeau grillé" (grilled cap): a wooden grid keeps the "cap" (the solid parts of the grapes) submerged, with all the possible options for pumping over and devatting. The winery is traditional, made of concrete, with ovoid vats for aging the La Poulette cuvée.

La Pirolette wines are elegant, full of energy, and should continue to evolve to reach the top of the Saint-Amour appellation! A domaine to watch very closely...

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