2023 Domaine Julien Sunier Wild Soul Beaujolais-Villages, France Le Grappin in soils of grayish loam

in soils of grayish loam shot through with veins of sand and blue marl

15 days whole cluster maceration in tank with some foot treading

The fruit is hand-harvested and rigorously sorted

SOIL: Dominated by kimmeridgian bands

2011 Candialle Chianti Classico DOCG Tuscany

2023 Domaine Julien Sunier Wild Soul Beaujolais-Villages, France Le Grappin in soils of grayish loamCold, semi carbonic maceration in fiberglass tank without extraction; vertical press; wild yeast fermentation; no addition of sulfur in vinification or ageing. Ageing on the fine lees in 3000L concrete egg (no oxygen exposure) and in horizontal concrete vats; unfilted; 10 mg of SO2 before bottling. From the ever creative and driven Julien Sunier comes this "anytime red" , as he fondly refers to it. Wild Soul, like most of Sunier's fruit, is farmed and