Domaine François Grenier Saint Joseph "Chaussonot" red 2023

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Domaine François Grenier Saint Joseph "Chaussonot" red 2023

Technical Sheet written by the domaine:

On a stony and very sunny soil, the vine excels to offer a cuvée with delicious aromas of black fruits and vanilla, with very fine tannins, further enhanced by several months of oak barrel aging.

• Appellation: Saint-Joseph red

• Grape Variety: Syrah

• Topography: 3 plots located on the cadastral lieu-dit "Chaussonot" in Saint Désirat

• Soil Type: Stony soil based on altered granite, schists, and poor clay soils.

• Exposure: South / South-east

• Altitude: 140 m

• Age of Vines: Between 15 and 25 years

• Harvest: Manual in 25kg crates, manual sorting on a vibrating table at the entrance of the winery, 100% destemmed.

Vinification

• Traditional in thermo-regulated cylindrical concrete tanks.

• Maceration with temperature control

• Pressing followed by blending of free-run and press juices.

• Hot draining into 400-liter barrels for the portion aged in barrel

• Malolactic fermentation in barrel followed by racking

Aging

• 12 months 1/3 in new barrels, 1/3 in 1-wine barrels, 1/3 in concrete tanks

• Minimum filtration at bottling

• Start of marketing 4 months after bottling.

Aging potential: 10 years