Thème, 2024
Fermentation on skins. Malolactic and aged in used barrels. 100% destemmed with regular punchdowns. Pressed when almost dry, finished in 500L used french oak barrels. No racking until blending. 20ppm SO2 added before bottling, nothing else added or taken away. Bottled in August 2025.
Gamay Noir
Origin: Beamsville, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
Alcohol: 13.0%
about the winemakers
Lieux Communs is an urban winery in Montreal.
They produce wine from fruit grown in Quebec and Ontario on the northern limits of viticulture. Old school, natural techniques and aesthetics. Hybrid grapes and budding young vineyards.
Natural fermentation and often very quickly, slowed only by the cold autumns and winters. The resulting wines are pure, lively, both intriguing and joyous.