The vineyard
- The vineyard and the wines
The Domaine de Leyre-Loup is located in the Morgon and Fleurie appellations, two of the ten red Beaujolais crus in south Burgundy. It covers 15.5 acres of land in Morgon and 7.5 acres in Fleurie, spread between the villages of Villié-Morgon and Fleurie, about 20 miles north of the City of Lyons.
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- Why terroir matters
Terroir is a unique term aimed at expressing what is revealed in a wine that can not be explained by either grape variety, wine growing methods, climate or any other element of typicality.
To be fully understood, wines need be thought of in terms of terroir. While this may sound complex and disturbing at first, it is the key to getting into finer wines.
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- The Beaujolais region
The Beaujolais region lays between the Mâconnais to the north, and to the south the city of Lyons. It is an intensely pretty region, with rolling hills gently sloping down to the Saône valley. The soil is mainly granitic and quite poor. The wines are made from the Gamay grape, which really comes into its own on the granitic soils here.
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