Chateau Grand Pre Fleurie Spaciale 2023

Romain Zordain took over half of the family vineyards in 2012, the other half going to his talented cousin Yann Bertrand.  Romain and his parents farm 8 hectares of old vines in Fleurie and Morgon, have been Certified Organic since full conversion in 2009.  There is real sense of 'new life' in Fleurie and we believe Romain is squarely at the front of the pack, making fabulous, juice-driven wines that are a joy to drink and age exceptionally.

Romain works with natural yeasts and is a master of the new-school of long, cool carbonic macerations favoured by Chauvet, Foillard and Lapierre amongst others.
The 60 year old gobelet vines are planted on granitic soil over sand, facing South East and are worked by hand. Unsurprisingly given the age of the vines, yields are very low.

Spaciale is a long, slow carbonic maceration in a spherical 'Sputnik' tank.  We think the texture of this wine is out of this world!