Bottle of Domaine Les Roches Bleues L'Héronde Côte de Brouilly AOC Rouge 2020 Organic
France · Beaujolais · Côte de Brouilly

L'Héronde 2020

Beaujolais with a backbone, from the blue rocks of Mont Brouilly.

Open it when…

Weeknight Sunday lunch Friends

Tastes like

blackcurrant · violet · pepper · crushed stone

Feels like

juicy, structured, stony

CHF 24.00
CHF 24.00
CHF 32.00/L
VAT included
75cl only

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GrapesGamay
Serve14-16
Decant30m
DrinkNow-2030

Emeric's note

A bistro-style lunch at home

Taste profile

The wine's soundboard.

Tall bars, big wine. Low bars, easy wine.

The story

Behind the bottle

Côte de Brouilly covers the slopes of Mont Brouilly, on a hard blue stone the locals call pierre bleue. Domaine Les Roches Bleues is named after it.

L'Héronde is their Côte de Brouilly, with five years in bottle now.

Beaujolais with a backbone.

— Emeric

Where it comes from

Beaujolais map

The place

Beaujolais

Just south of Mâcon, Beaujolais is Gamay country. On pink granite and schist in the north, the ten Crus — Morgon, Fleurie, Moulin-à-Vent and the rest — make structured, mineral reds that age beautifully; the flatter clay-limestone south gives bright, gulpable village wine. It was here that the modern natural-wine movement took root in the 1980s. ~14,000 ha.

Climate
Semi-continental, warming southward
Altitude
200-500 m
Classification
AOCs
SoilsPink GraniteBlue GraniteSchistClay-Limestone
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Best season to open it

Autumn Charcuterie and roast chicken.
Spring Slightly cool, on the terrace.

SummerWinter

Have it with

Charcuterie
Roast chicken
Cheese

Press play

French chansonBrassens on the record player.
  1. 01 Georges Brassens – Les copains d'abord— friendly
  2. 02 Serge Gainsbourg – La Javanaise— smooth
  3. 03 Françoise Hardy – Le temps de l'amour— easy
Nerd mode 🔬 Soils, grapes, cellar, serving — for the truly curious

…I warned you. 😄

Terroir & craft

◆SoilsPink Granite, Blue Granite, Schist, Clay-Limestone
◆Altitude200-500 m
◆GrapesGamay
◆Blend100% Gamay
◆CellarGamay on the blue stone of Mont Brouilly
◆CellarHand harvest
◆CellarWhole-bunch Beaujolais vinification
🌿CertificationsOrganic

Serving

◆Serve at14-16
◆GlassBourgogne
◆Decant30m
◆DrinkNow-2030

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