Some pictures from yesterdays walk through the vineyards of Fleurie and Juliénas in Beaujolais
FleurieMarc Delienne walking through Fleurie vineyards with Mike TurnerThis is the almost impossibly steep La Vigne des Fous vineyard: it has to be worked by handRed granite soils typical of FleurieBush vine Gamay, typical of BeaujolaisRockier granitic soils at the top of the hillFiner, almost sandy granitic soilsJuliénas vineVery occasionally you find a vine like this: it’s Gamay Teinturier, and we found some berries still on it, which were red fleshed. There are a few varieties that come under this name, and they were originally planted to add colour to the true Gamay (whose proper name is Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc). They are pretty rare, but kind of cool. A teinturier berry. Harry Crowther is hand model.Juliénas
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