HERITAGE 2021 (Domaine Paul JANIN & FILS)

TERROIR

Most of the parcels of the estate are located on the so-called primitive granitic basement which was formed during the primary era, from 600 to 200 Ma. At that time, a large continent was subjected to a significant amount of movement leading to its fracturing with multiple volcanic eruptions.

The primary basement of the Beaujolais region is a magmatic rock resulting from the crystallization of the lava which was not expelled and which cooled down in the volcano chamber. The erosion of this bedrock offers in the upper part of the vineyard a lean and filtering sandy soil, while the lower part of the vineyard is composed of sandy-silty to sandy-clay colluvium that covers the primary granitic rock.

The HERITAGE wine is a skilful blend of two parcels of the estate which are :

• Les Greneriers, resting on the primary altered granitic base. It produces very robust wines.
  
  
• Les Burdelines, resting on a soil more or less rich in red clays, silts and sands which cover the primary granitic base.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are cultivated according to the principles of the Sustainable Agriculture and the vineyard is in the process of conversion to the Organic Agriculture: the official certification should be obtained in 2024. The soil is tilled 3 or 4 times a year, no weed killers are used in the vineyard.

The vines of the parcels Les Greneriers & Les Burdelines are very old vines, mostly centenarians. They were planted when the estate was created.
The yields of the 2021 vintage did not exceed 12 hl/ha.
The grapes are harvested manually and carefully sorted in the cellar on a sorting table. The grapes are 80% destemmed before being placed in vats for a 12 to 15 day semi-carbonic maceration during which daily pumping over is carried out.

At the end of the fermentation, the marc is broken and mixed one last time with the juice by punching down, then the must is pressed. Free-run juice and press juice are blended before being racked into concrete vats for a 16-month ageing period during which the fermentations are completed.

Each parcel is aged in separate vats. Once the maturation is over, the different juices are blended after the tasting of each vat.

The must is then lightly filtered before bottling, without prior fining.