Guy Breton’s
Vieilles Vignes comes from 80 year old vines on a 3 hectare domain
in the climats of Saint-Joseph and Grand Cras. In 1986 Breton took
over from his grandfather who had always sold the estate's production
to a negotiant. The vines are tended manually, without chemicals,
harvest is by hand too, and fermentation takes place naturally after
carbonic maceration for a minimum of 15 days in barrels. There it
remains to clarify (such as it is) without fining or filtering for
six to eight months.
2007:
Pale
and bright magenta colors. The nose is all sweet red berries with
thick, pristine skins broken open with cornflower joints, pepper and
black tea. Now (9/08) it appears as a relatively dry, lightweight
vintage, but we can expect it to gain the impression of fat and weight
over the coming months and years. Nevertheless, even now this has
all the ballast of Morgon -- a silky, substantial movement of texture
and the surprising ability to right itself regardless of interference.
The tannins are noble, cocoa and walnut flavored. The finish is glossy
and mineral, with representations of tartness, black ripe seeds and
spiced orange peels.
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