Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages Gamay

Vineyards situation the beaujolais villages area is located to the south of beaujolais in the rho;ne department close to lyon. Characteristics the terroir is mainly composed of granite. Among the 55. 000 acres (22. 000 hectares) of vineyards planted in the beaujolais region about 15. 000 acres (6. 000 hectares) are under the name beaujolais villages appellation d’origine contro;lee which stands between the beaujolais appellation and the crus appellation (there are 10 crus). It ‘s a very important wine for us: for a long time louis jadot has been producing a consistent beaujolais-villages and we are one of the most important producers in the region. We are really involved in the region where we have a winery dedicated to vinify a large part of the total volume (cellier de la vauxonne close to saint etienne des oullieres) we have 250ha in contracts and it’s representing actually 60% of the total volume of our beaujolais-villages. We are producing around 250 000cases of bea