Delicate but persistent, with classic Fleurie prettiness.  We really love this delightful vintage of Clos de la Roilette Fleurie with crunchy berries, very mild tannins, and acid that's bright but not bracing.  Such a charming wine.  Would love to pair it with something special like a roast duck, or just sink into the couch with this and some good snacks.

From the importer:

100% Gamay. From 50-year-old vines on heavy clay soils with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron-like mineral manganese. The farming is sustainable. All vineyard work is by hand; the soils are worked only superficially, at most twice per year, to protect the roots of these old vines. Vinification is traditional, semi-carbonic Beaujolais style. The whole clusters are harvested by hand and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in open-top concrete tanks. Maceration lasts around 14 days for this bottling, with a submerged cap rather than punchdowns. The wine is aged in large oak foudres of 80 to 100 years old for 9 months with only one racking before bottling. Sulfur use is quite minimal.