Château du Moulin-à-Vent
Les Grands Savarins
‘Les Grands Savarins” is a small plot in the heart of the “Aux Caves” terroir within the wind corridor. A special type of granite soil (“gorrhe”) overlays the deeper soils that are rich in manganese and metallic oxides. The powerful winds blowing through this appellation have a positive impact on the maturation and concentration of the grapes.
Vintage Factsheets
The Thorins is historically the most famous climat of the appellation and the commune within Moulin-à-Vent, Romanèche-Thorins, was even named in honor of it. The lieux-dits of the region are all characterized by their own blend of more or less fine granitic soils, wind exposure, presence of iron oxide, deep soil clay, top soil silica, soil depth, sun exposure and so on. These complex soils result from over 300 million years of erosion of the last metamorphic granite foothills from the Center of France.
- Region
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Beaujolais
- Sub-Appellation
- Moulin-à-Vent AOP
- Varietal Composition
- Gamay
- Aging
- 9 months exclusively in stainless steel tanks.
- Alcohol
- 13%
Aromas and flavors of juicy red fruits such as cherry and blackberry lend nicely to the subtle white pepper notes. A wine with great minerality, structure and length.
