COLOUR
Red
TYPE
Still
VINTAGE
2023
GRAPE
Gamay
PRODUCER
Château de Vaux / Yannick de Vermont
REGION
Beaujolais
CHARACTERISTICS
Body
Medium - Full
Sweetness
Dry
Acidity
Medium - High
Finish
Medium - Long
Intensity
Mid - Pronounced
Tannins
Medium
AROMAS & FLAVOURS
ABOUT THIS WINE
Le Clos de Valentin is a deeply personal single-vineyard cuvée from Château de Vaux, named after Yannick and Sandrine de Vermont’s son, Valentin. The de Vermont family has farmed these lands in Vaux-en-Beaujolais for five generations. In the 1920s, Yannick’s great-grandfather, Louis de Vermont, made history as one of the first growers in Beaujolais to estate-bottle and sell his wines directly. Yannick took over the domain in 2014, continuing a legacy of terroir-driven, minimal-intervention winemaking in this historic high-altitude estate.
ALCOHOL
14.0%
AVG. PRICE
€19
STYLE
Classic
VEGAN
YES
SULPHITES
When to drink
Now or Later
Ideal temperature
13-15°C
INTERESTING FACTS
Fact 01
Named after the winemaker's son, Valentin, this cuvée represents the crown jewel of the estate's high-altitude plots.
Fact 02
The vines are planted on a vertiginous, steep hillside featuring an extreme 60% slope of schist and granite.
Fact 03
The grapes are harvested from 75-year-old ancient vines (Vieilles Vignes) within a historic 12th-century walled clos.
FOOD PAIRING
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WINE MAKING PROCESS
The wine is crafted from 75-year-old ancient vines grown on a steep 60% schist slope. Vinification involves 75% to 85% destemming depending on the vintage, followed by traditional semi-carbonic maceration using 100% natural indigenous yeasts to elevate aromatic purity. To preserve the crisp mineral tension and precise Gamay fruit profile, the wine is aged strictly in temperature-controlled tanks and vats without any oak influence. It is bottled with minimal filtration and an exceptionally low micro-dose of sulfur.
