CÔTE-RÔTIE lieu-dit BONNIVIERES 2018 (Yves CUILLERON)

TERROIR

BONNIVIÈRES is a specific plot of the Cuilleron Estate. Located on the place called Bonnivières, the old Syrah vines are planted on a East exposed hillside whose soil is similar to the Côte Brune's one : the famous micaschists with two micas soil. Witnessing a metamorphism that took place 300 million years ago, this metamorphic rock results from a clay sedimentary rocks transformation under the effect of a very high temperature and a low pressure. Rich in iron, this dense and deep substrate gives birth to powerful and assertive wines.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The grapes are manually harvested, sorted, crushed and partially destemmed. The alcoholic fermentation takes place in open stainless steel tanks for 3 weeks under temperature control. Regular punchings are made to extract a maximum of aromatic compounds. The must is then transferred to barrels where it carries out its malolactic fermentation followed by a 18 months ageing phase .

Bonnivières is a long-keeping wine . It can be drunk after 5 years, but its ageing potential allows it to be kept in cellar for almost twenty years : it will then develop beautiful tertiary aromas.