Château Thivin - Cuvee Zaccharie 2021
Château Thivin is located in Mont-Brouilly , in Beaujolais . It belongs to the Geoffray family which has been producing wines for 6 generations. Zaccharie and Marguerite Geoffray bought Château Thivin and its two hectares of vines around the estate on June 8, 1877. Each succeeding generation has brought new plots to the construction of the estate and developed the cultivation and wine-growing methods. The estate's vines are located mainly on the Crus Côte de Brouilly and Brouilly, but the family also produces white, rosé and sparkling Beaujolais cuvées. The family is constantly seeking to optimize cultivation practices, to ensure a perfect balance of the vineyard ecosystem with healthy vines and grapes of optimal quality.
Cuvée Zaccharie is made from Gamay Noir with white juice, from 50-year-old vines. The harvest comes from an entirely manual harvest, the vinification is done by gravity. Maceration, partially in whole bunches, lasts 13 to 15 days and is followed by gentle pressing. One-tenth is aged in Burgundy barrels and the rest in barrels aged 1 to 5 years. The aging lasts 10 months in oak barrels .
Grape variety: 100% Gamay