Laura Lardy

Beaujolais

Location Le Vivier - 5 Ha
Grapes Chardonnay, Gamay
Viticulture Organic (not certified)
Producer Laura Lardy
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Location Le Vivier - 5 Ha
Grapes Chardonnay, Gamay
Viticulture Organic (not certified)
Producer Laura Lardy
Website -

Laura is from solid Fleurie stock - her father is Lucien and brother Yannick - and has worked and drunk with the very best names in the region. She jokes about the fact she couldnt really do anything else, but her energetic enthusiasm for the terroir she has known all her life suggests she never thought twice about it, and whilst obviously gaining great knowledge and skill from her father, she has certainly made her own mark on her wines too. She works 5 ha across Moulin a Vent, Fleurie Chenas and Morgon 'Cote de Py', with a little Chardonnay next to the cellar, and a negoc project with her frenind Jerome to make a delicious bright Beaujolais Village. Her work is by hand, and ecologically balanced, and her ferments are spontaneous, using no fining or filtration either. Her cellar is well ordered, clean and each wine tasted from tank seemed to be in a perfect drinking condition, always a good sign when visiting a new grower! (incidentally she does not fine or filter, and aims for around 20-30mg/l total SO2)

Laura Lardy Wines

Fleurie 'Les Cotes' 55 year old vines planted on pink sandy soil over black granite in the haut-cotes of Fleurie. Hand harvested fruit is sorted in both the vineyard and the cellar. Fermentation is wholebunch in concrete tank, and elevage is in 3000 litre foudre which have their origin in Germany, but came via Chateauneuf 30 years ago, and are over 80 years old.
Moulin a Vents 'Le Mont' 65 year old vines on pink granitic sandy soil. Whole bunch fermentation and direct pressed into 225 litre barrels old french barrels where it ages for 6 months. The nose is perfumed and bright, very beguiling. Palate is breezes in, bright with red fruit and mouth watering acidity and mineral coolness.
Morgon 'Cote de Py' 0.8 hectares of 60 year old vines grown on the blue schist of the Cote de Py. A wholebunch ferment which is direct pressed and blended with free run juice. The wine is aged in neutral oak for 6 months prior ot bottling.The wine is pure Morgon, dark brooding pruneax fruit with sweet spice and evocatvie mineral structure. A wine that drinks very well now, but would age beautifully. Limited availbility.
Fleurie 'Les Cotes' 55 year old vines planted on pink sand y soil over lblack granite in the haut-cotes of Fleurie. Hand harvested fruit is sorted in both the vineyard and the cellar. Fermentation is wholebunch in concrete tank, and elevage is in 3000 litre foudre which have their origin in Germany, but came via Chateauneuf 30 years ago, and are over 80 years old.
Moulin a Vents 'Le Mont' 65 year old vines on pink granitic sandy soil. Whole bunch fermentation and direct pressed into 225 litre barrels old french barrels where it ages for 6 months. The nose is perfumed and bright, very beguiling. Palate is breezes in, bright with red fruit and mouth watering acidity and mineral coolness.
Morgon 'Cote de Py' 0.8 hectares of 60 year old vines grown on the blue schist of the Cote de Py. A wholebunch ferment which is direct pressed and blended with free run juice. The wine is aged in neutral oak for 6 months prior ot bottling.The wine is pure Morgon, dark brooding pruneax fruit with sweet spice and evocatvie mineral structure. A wine that drinks very well now, but would age beautifully. Limited availbility.