Château des Gimarets

“Château des Gimarets - Moulin-À-Vent, only!”

Originally from and passionate about the Beaujolais region, Nathalie and Éric Boyer set up Château du Gimarets in 2007 to produce a natural, expressive wine with the subtle aromas of their native region.

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(71) Saône-et-Loire

Eric and Nathalie are keen to pass on their passion for wine and art: every year, Nathalie organizes an open-air painting workshop with an artist, and every summer a concert is given at the Château during the Beaujolais en Scène et en Musique festival.

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The soil at Château des Gimarets is highly homogeneous, making it particularly well-suited to the development of the Gamay grape. The vines are pruned into low goblets at a high planting density of 10,000 vines per hectare, to create "competition" between the vines and enhance the quality of the grapes.Taken over in 2007 by Eric and Nathalie Boyer, the estate now boasts modernized facilities. Adjacent to the vines, the winery has been reinstalled in a 17th-century building, entirely redesigned to meet the requirements of the estate's size, and since 2017, the vines have been cultivated organically and biodynamically, with certification in 2020. Under the impetus of its owners, Château des Gimarets has regained its status as a great wine.

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Château des Gimarets grows 3.75 hectares of Gamay vines exclusively in the Moulin à Vent appellation. The vineyard is planted in a single block around the Château. The soil is homogeneous, very typical of the Moulin à Vent appellation: granitic arena, derived from the degradation of fairly friable pink granite. The soil is fairly "thin", acidic and rich in manganese. The vines are goblet-pruned. Planting density is high: 10,000 vines per hectare, to create competition between vines, which is beneficial for grape quality. The average age of the vines is 65 years.