The wines
Our vines, planted with Gamay for the reds and Chardonnay for the whites, produce grapes that we carefully select at harvest time to make our single plot cuvées.
Working on the ageing of our wines requires us to innovate regularly to bring out the best in our terroirs. To ensure that everyone can enjoy the wines of Vignobles Victoire d’Affaux, we create cuvées with varied organoleptic profiles, characteristic of the Beaujolais crus.
Cuvée Valentine
Young, fresh, elegant, and subtle are the qualities that Cuvée Valentine expresses. Produced from a single plot in the Perrelles area, with the windmill as its backdrop, Cuvée Valentine is a Moulin-à-Vent cru, limited to 2000 bottles per vintage. The ploughing of the granite soils goes hand in hand with the care taken with the grapes, their exacting selection and a long cold fermentation followed by eight months’ maturing in concrete vats enable us to retain all the finesse of the Gamay grape. The inertia of the concrete allows for delicate ageing, enabling us to produce wines of great delicacy, rich in primary aromas such as strawberry, black cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant and rose in full bloom, which are typical of the Moulin-à-Vent cru. Its naturally peppery nose and palate make it a unique wine in the appellation. Made to be ready to drink, Valentine has all the hallmarks of a great Beaujolais wine.
This red wine is made from various plots of old vines in the Moulin à Vent AOC, located in the Maisons Neuves, Près Ouverts and Burdelines terroirs.
Complex, mature, full-bodied, and powerful are just some of the qualities expressed by Cuvée Dumas.
This red wine is made from various plots of old vines in the Moulin à Vent AOC, located in the Maisons Neuves, Près Ouverts and Burdelines terroirs. The wine is aged for thirteen months in oak barrels, giving it great complexity. The caramelised, vanilla, and smoky notes brought out by the ageing process can be found in this cuvée. Ideal for aging, the tannins will soften with age, enhancing the black fruit aromas present in the cuvée, such as blackberry and black cherry. The great minerality, so unique to the Moulin-à-Vent appellation, which rests on granitic soil crossed by a vein of manganese, will end up seducing you. It will be the perfect accompaniment to your favourite dishes.
Cuvée du Clos des Greneriers
The newest addition to Vignobles Victoire d’Affaux, the single plot cuvée Clos des Greneriers is the perfect balance between purity of aroma and complexity. The vines are located on the village’s former grain plains, which once powered the nearby windmill. The rich soils are composed of very deep, altered pink granite, which has a strong influence on the organoleptic profile of the cuvée. This fine minerality is enhanced by ageing in Tava amphora. The main feature of this type of ageing is the micro-oxygenation of the wines; a very slight passage of oxygen between the outside and inside of the amphora, without adding any aromas. This phenomenon softens the wine’s tannins and preserves all the natural aromas, without masking them, but on the contrary making them more complex . The result is a highly aromatic final product that brilliantly brings out the taste of the fruit and the terroir.
