Saint-Amour 2021 of Domaine Pacaud in manual harvesting and aging Oak barrels, here worthily represented, with a supple and graceful wine, of a beautiful richness while keeping the delicacy of this beautiful appellation of Beaujolais.
In conversion to organic farming!
Saint Amour 2021
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
The Saint-Amour appellation comprises 280 hectares, the soil is mainly clay-siliceous in nature and the grape variety used is Gamay.
The northernmost appellation of the Beaujolais Crus, Saint-Amour is reputed to be fine and delicate. This is particularly the case for this beautiful wine from a plot selection of Domaine Pacaud Vignerons.
The 2021 vintage also brings a very beautiful opening to the nose, an intense garnet color and a very nice balance of flavors
in the mouth. The frame is gourmet and fresh with melted tannins. A very nice reference of the appellation.
In conversion to organic farming, the harvest is carried out by manual harvesting and fermentation takes place directly in oak barrels.
Tasting features:
On the nose, this Saint Amour 2021 reveals a bouquet of red fruits, fresh grapes, peony, kirsch and spices, toasted hazelnut.
Crunchy, delicate, silky, intense notes of strawberry, intense notes of red fruits, notes of toasted hazelnut, elegant tannins, fine tannins, silky tannins, supple, structured body, good intensity, long persistence.
A delicate but intense wine at the aromatic level, which will accompany your spring meals or your aperitifs: Prime rib, Thrushes, Pot-au-feu, Italian cuisine, Cheeses with intermediate flavors.
Young and fruity red Burgundy wine: Charcuterie, pâtés, terrines, rillettes, pies, vegetable gratins, fire pots, grilled or pan-fried andouillet, pizzas, paella and Tapas, county, gouda, roquefort, Bresse blue, tartiflette, fondue, raclette
Appellation
Cru du BeaujolaisType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
GamayHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
BeaujolaisVintage
2021Service
14 to 16 degreesCustody potential
2025
The Saint-Amour is the most northerly of the ten Beaujolais crus. It is produced in the department of Saône-et-Loire, in the limit with that of the Rhone.
The production area is located in the heart of Saint-Amour-Bellevue, located geographically very close to Burgundy.
The philosophy of the brothers Sébastien and Julien Pacaud is to offer local wines, whose winemaking and breeding are naturally made without the contribution of technical products and therefore slowly.
The vines are farmed on the lands of Chasselas in southern Burgundy near Mâcon.
This commune of the Saint Véran appellation allows to develop wines of character, which are expressed when they are given time to become great Burgundy wines.
Installed since January 2014 on 13 hectares of vineyards, we work all our vines with respect for nature. The principles of organic and biodynamic agriculture have always been practiced on our plots, we have been doing the AB labeling process since 2019 and we will be entering demeter certification very soon.
We are the third generation and it is only natural that we wanted to pay tribute to our forefathers by respecting their work.
Our vineyards are mainly located around the Chapel of Wolves, the listed church that gives its name to the southern Burgundy village of Chasselas. The inhabitants "Chasseloutis", taking their name from this church...
Chasselas is also the village of the famous winemaker, André Degueurse, who revived the epic ox tank allowing the arrival of the wines of the mâconnais at the Court of the Sun King.
The vines
Our plots are located on the communes of Chasselas, Leynes, Fuissé, Loché, Chaintré and Saint Amour. Chardonnay and gamay grape varieties make up the entire vineyard. The soils are ploughed and inputs are limited to the bare minimum for the plant to feed on its soil. The grapes produced in reasonable quantities are then only the fruit of what the earth gives us.
Wines
The wines are made as naturally as possible, with the minimum of interventions and respecting the cosmic rhythms in order to best transcribe the accent of each plot, all are vinified separately. The whites are hand-picked, pressed directly in whole bunches and then the juices are slightly disbursed. The native yeasts then take control of the alcoholic fermentation, in barrels or vats depending on the vintages.
The wines are then left at least twelve months on lees for a long and sweet ageing of up to 24 months for the Saint-Véran "single barrel"
The red Beaujolais and The Holy Love, 100% gamay are also made as simply as possible, with a maceration in whole bunches, respecting all the fruit of the argilo-granitic terroirs of characters.
Beaujolais reaches its quintessence with the "21 moons" cuvée, which is reared on lees in barrels with very fine grains for 22 months or 21 complete ledoes.
The wines are then bottled with a light collage if necessary, but above all without any filtration, in order to offer the taster all the perfectly intact flavors of what can create nature when man is only there to be inspired.
