Yann Bertrand Fleurie Phénix 2023
This grew exceptionally well in the glass, a wine that needs about 30 minutes to get going and is layered, pretty and very complex wine of subtle nuance with heady perfumes!
Our Tasting Note: Beautifully perfumed with rose, juicy strawberry and violet petals. On the palate it’s tightly layered—fine-grained tannins frame vibrant red berry fruit, while a cool, stony undertow adds tension and elegance. The result is poised, refined and very promising.
The Fleurie Phenix is produced from negociant grapes at the top of La Madonne, near the famous hilltop chapel in Fleurie. The terroir is completely different from the domaine vines in Grand Pré. La Madonne has harder and stonier granite cooled by the altitude and open air. Following a small harvest in 2015 and a catastrophic frost in 2016, Yann Bertrand decided to incorporate a micro-négociant approach into his family domaine. Yann’s goal for these wines is to collaborate with serious and passionate growers to support sustainable agriculture in the region and produce the same quality wines as those from the domaine.
Vineyard: La Madone (Prion), vines are 25 years and + 70 years old, 0.6 ha, exposed east, 4oom ASL
Soil type: Subsoil is granitic. Top soil is shallow and is on a steep hill that forces the roots to dig deep.
Pruning: Gobelet
Vinification: 10 days of carbonic maceration, of which 3 days were strict carbonic with racking.
Elevage: In demimuids of 600L of Syrah and Gamay for 8 months, bottled unfiltered by gravity
Description
This grew exceptionally well in the glass, a wine that needs about 30 minutes to get going and is layered, pretty and very complex wine of subtle nuance with heady perfumes!
Our Tasting Note: Beautifully perfumed with rose, juicy strawberry and violet petals. On the palate it’s tightly layered—fine-grained tannins frame vibrant red berry fruit, while a cool, stony undertow adds tension and elegance. The result is poised, refined and very promising.
The Fleurie Phenix is produced from negociant grapes at the top of La Madonne, near the famous hilltop chapel in Fleurie. The terroir is completely different from the domaine vines in Grand Pré. La Madonne has harder and stonier granite cooled by the altitude and open air. Following a small harvest in 2015 and a catastrophic frost in 2016, Yann Bertrand decided to incorporate a micro-négociant approach into his family domaine. Yann’s goal for these wines is to collaborate with serious and passionate growers to support sustainable agriculture in the region and produce the same quality wines as those from the domaine.
Vineyard: La Madone (Prion), vines are 25 years and + 70 years old, 0.6 ha, exposed east, 4oom ASL
Soil type: Subsoil is granitic. Top soil is shallow and is on a steep hill that forces the roots to dig deep.
Pruning: Gobelet
Vinification: 10 days of carbonic maceration, of which 3 days were strict carbonic with racking.
Elevage: In demimuids of 600L of Syrah and Gamay for 8 months, bottled unfiltered by gravity
