Wine Joseph Drouhin, Beaune Clos des Mouches rouge AOC 2006

Beaune Clos des Mouches - elegant and perfectly balanced wine, with great aging potential: 5 to 40 years. The wine takes its name from the area in which it grows Pinot Noir grapes. Earlier this sun-drenched plot (clos) located apiary. "Mouches" translated from French means "fly". Bees in the local dialect called "mouches à miel" - honey flies. This is one of the first vineyards acquired by Maurice Drouhin in 20s. The soils are composed of clay and limestone. In the upper part of the vineyard soils are rocky, and in the central dominated marl and limestone. Such a structure of the earth gives the wine a great finesse. Since 1990, the company's vineyards are processed in accordance with the principles of biological and biodynamic farming.

House of Burgundy Joseph Drouhin was founded in 1880 in Bonn. Its history began with the Dukes of Burgundy wine cellars. Now Joseph Drouhin Mason property is 73 acres of land, and it is the largest economy in the region, producing 93 wines. Vineyards houses are located in various parts of Burgundy: Chablis, Côte de Beaune, Côte Shalonez, Beaujolais. Two-thirds of the vineyards are a classification of Premier and Grand Cru. Here grow the two most famous Burgundian grape varieties: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.