Beaujolais
Jean-Paul Thévenet needs little introduction in Beaujolais; he is one of the gang of four (the others being Guy Breton, Jean Foillard & Marcel Lapierre) to start the natural wine movement in the region...
Trained as an oenologist in Beaune followed by a brief internship in California, Nicole Chanrion returned to her roots in Beaujolais and took over the 6.5 hectare domaine from her father in 1988...
Foillard is another of the gang of four credited with kickstarting a return to traditional methods and the natural wine movement in Beaujolais...
A lovely Gamay, made in a very positive, natural style. Lots of complexity, interest and purity, along with an appealing farmyard character...
An exclusive blend for Waitrose, which has a proportion of declassified Regnié cru in it. Lovely vibrancy, showing fresh, juicy and bright cherry fruit with hints of rose...
From the most northerly Beaujolais cru, located just south of the Mâconnais, this St-Amour is a more elegant style with notes of red cherry and violet...
From a 2.5 hectare vineyard with an average vine age of 45 years, the use of 70% whole bunch fermentation from the old vines has lent this wine a lovely intensity and noticeable astrigency...
Lashings of cherry and strawberry fruit with some hints of blackberries in the background...
This rustic Morgon from Domaine Flache-Sornay spends a long time on the skins before being matured for 10 months...
Built in 1630, this Château was bought by an already well-established vigneron, Pierre Perrachon, in 1973. Today, Pierre-Yves and his daughter Charlotte manage the domaine with its 20 hectares...
