{"product_id":"clos-de-la-roilette-moulin-a-vent-beaujolais","title":"Clos de la Roilette Moulin-A-Vent Beaujolais","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eThe Clos de la Roilette, a lieu-dit in the village of Fleurie, covers nine hectares of one of the best slopes in the Beaujolais Crus. In the 1920’s, when the Fleurie appellation was first created, the former landowner was infuriated with losing the Moulin-à-Vent appellation under which the clos had previously been classified. He created a label, using a photograph of his racehorse Roilette, and used the name Clos de la Roilette without mentioning Fleurie. The owner vowed not to sell a drop of his wine on the French market and the production went to Switzerland, Germany and England. By the mid-1960s, the owner’s heirs had lost interest in the clos and a large portion of the land had gone wild and untended. In 1967, Fernand Coudert bought this poorly maintained estate and replanted the vineyards. His son Alain joined him in 1984, and has been the winemaker since. In time for the 2022 vintage, the Coudert family acquired a little less than a hectare on the Moulin-à-Vent hill in front of the estate near the lieu-dit of La Rochelle. As for all Roilette vines and wines, the farming is sustainable and all vineyard work is by hand; the Moulin is made identically as well. Vinification is traditional, semi-carbonic Beaujolais style. The whole clusters are harvested by hand and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in open-top concrete tanks. Maceration lasts about 14 days, with a submerged cap rather than punchdowns. The wine is aged in large oak foudres from 80 to 100 years old for 9 months before bottling.\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clos de la Roilette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67892936081622,"sku":null,"price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/4341\/2950\/files\/Moulin_a_Vent.jpg?v=1794001517","url":"https:\/\/winklerandsamuels.com\/products\/clos-de-la-roilette-moulin-a-vent-beaujolais","provider":"winklerandsamuels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}