Institut Agricole Regional Aoste Gamay Valle d'Aosta 2018 SF Chronicle Gabriel Boudier uses only the

Gabriel Boudier uses only the finest quality fresh fruit in its liqueurs with no artificial colorings

It's the brief period of ageing in oak casks that gives it its amber colour and its characteristic notes of vanilla

the vineyards are healthier and more resistant to disease and today Godmé is a part of the biodynamic winegrowers association

then distilled before being bottled

Institut Agricole Regional Aoste Gamay Valle d'Aosta 2018 SF Chronicle Gabriel Boudier uses only theSome of the most interesting wine in the Alps comes out of a school. The Institut Agricole Regional in Aosta is a working agricultural college, founded in 1951 by the Canons of the Great St. Bernard to train the valley's farmers, and its Joseph Vaudan cellar turns out serious bottles alongside the coursework. This is Gamay grown in Italy's smallest and highest wine region, which is a very different assignment than growing it in Beaujolais. The