Background: Domaine de Fa is owned and managed by the legendary Graillot family (Domaine Alain Graillot and Domaines des Lises in Crozes-Hermitage). It all began from a plan to renovate a family property in the Beaujolais combined with the desire for new winemaking challenges led the brothers Antoine and Maxime Graillot, to acquire some magnificent vineyards in Beaujolais, Saint-Amour and Fleurie.
Country: France
Region: Beaujolais
Vineyard: 5 hectares on Lieu-Dit‘En Besset’ Grape variety: 100% Gamay
Vineyard and winemaking: Certified organic, in conversion to biodynamics. One of the highest elevation vineyards of the Beaujolais appellation near Saint-Amour and Julienas. The granite soils of this hillside makes a seriously dense and chiselled Beaujolais, all the while expressing the classic textured fruit we crave in great Gamay. Whole cluster fermentation, with a semi-carbonic maceration. Aged in cement tank and demi-muids.
Drinking window: Ready to drink and over 3-5 years
Background: Domaine de Fa is owned and managed by the legendary Graillot family (Domaine Alain Graillot and Domaines des Lises in Crozes-Hermitage). It all began from a plan to renovate a family property in the Beaujolais combined with the desire for new winemaking challenges led the brothers Antoine and Maxime Graillot, to acquire some magnificent vineyards in Beaujolais, Saint-Amour and Fleurie.