What it pairs with
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Roast chicken stuffed with herbs
Biodynamic Fleurie's purity of fruit matches herb-forward roast poultry. -
Grilled lamb cutlets with mint
Floral Gamay from granite soils pairs with lamb and fresh herbs. -
Tomme cheese with walnut bread
Semi-hard mountain cheese suits the mineral, structured Bachelards style.
History
Domaine des Bachelards produces Fleurie under Ecocert organic certification with biodynamic practices. Clos de Bois Retour is their flagship parcellaire from a walled granite-soil parcel.
- 2008 — Clos de Bois Retour first produced
- 2012 — Ecocert organic certification awarded to the domaine
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine des Bachelards
- Grapes
- Gamay
- Classification
- Fleurie AOC
- Oak
- Old oak foudres, biodynamic farming with Ecocert certification
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 20-32 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3-10 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2008
- Biodynamic
- Biodynamic Practicing
- Organic
- ECOCERT
- Vegan
- Yes (no animal-derived fining)