Mortier, Brain de Folie Red 2021 750ml

Vineyard: A combination of 2 gravelly plots, one at .4 hectares with an average age of 12 years, and another at .8 hectares with 60-year-old vines. These two parcels come from the village of Brain sur Allones, which is right next to Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil. The rows are alternating with grass and plowed soil and it has a southern exposition.

Making of: Grapes are hand-harvested, after which the whole bunches go into 50-hectoliter concrete tanks for carbonic maceration that takes about 14 days. They use a starter of lees from previous vintages to start the fermentation, and line the bottom of the tank with boxes so the grapes are not in contact with any of the juice at the bottom. The wine stays in tanks for about 4 months until it is bottled with a bit of sulfur added.