Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Zaccharie

This is an excellent wine to accompany a fine piece of beef, grilled or in sauce, and game. Marries very successfully with Comté and Beaufort, as well as goats’ cheeses.

At Château Thivin , the oldest wine - growing estate in Mont-Brouilly , a special atmosphere reigns, that of a human-sized castle where the Geoffray family has been developing, for 6 generations , quality wines with the greatest respect for the terroirs. The grape harvests carried out by hand and the somewhat interventionist vinifications make it possible to obtain real local wines. The Domaine's vines are located mainly on the Crus Côte de Brouilly and Brouilly, but we also produce Beaujolais Blanc, Rosé and Sparkling cuvées from the most magnificent Beaujolais vineyards.

An area of the Côte de Brouilly appellation on the slopes of Colline de Brouilly, with a fine, well-drained soil, stones of igneous origin (Diorite Porphyry) mixed with clay, east- and south-facing. Vines planted at a high density of 9–10,000 vines/ha, pruned into low goblets, traditional in crus, Ground grassed and partly flowered for Terra Vitis reasoned agriculture. A great many insects are currently repopulating our vineyards. We use “green picking” in order to obtain a lower yield that is properly ripe and concentrated.

This wine has developed for 9 months in casks.

Hand-picking in small trays to preserve the grape, vinification 13–15 days, pneumatic pressing, 1/10 matured in new barrels, the rest in 1–5-year-old barrels.