100% Gamay. From 50-year-old vines on heavy clay soils with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron-like mineral manganese. The farming is sustainable. All vineyard work is by hand; the soils are worked only superficially, at most twice per year, to protect the roots of these old...

100% Gamay. Fruit Roilette's oldest vines go into their "Cuvée Tardive"--and a small portion of that wine is reserved for the smallest of all Roilette production, La Griffe du Marquis. The only difference is aging in barrique instead of foudre and for longer. As for all of the Coudert family wines...

Tempranillo (80%), Garnacha (15%), Mazuelo, and Graciano, all from the family's vineyards. It ages five years in barrel getting racked twice a year, and then ages some more in bottle before release.

100% Pinot Noir. Jean-Paul Brun's estate is in the rolling hills of Charnay in the southern Beaujolais, where the main grape of the area and his property too is of course Gamay. But the clay-limestone soils here are friendly to other varieties, particularly Pinot Noir (as well as Chardonnay and...

100% Gamay. Jean-Paul farms 6 hectares in Fleurie, all of it in the celebrated lieu-dit of Grille Midi, a south-facing amphitheater of vines on poor, sandy, decomposed-granite soils over hard granite rock. This site yields wines of great concentration, power and longevity.There are two Terres...

50% Grenache and 50% Syrah; half of the grapes for the blend are de-classified Laudun Village and half are just outside the appellation. The terroir of Laudun distinguishes Pélaquié from other southern Rhône appellations. The wines from this side of the river typically have higher acidity, with...

New! The "Pi" comes from forty year old Grenache vines in the famous Pignan parcel. Pignan has sandy soils, giving the wine elegance and finesse. It's aged for twelve months in oak barrels. Total production averages 1,400 bottles. 2017 was the first year that the "Pi" was made. 

Over the years Gilbert's neighbor, Noël Verset, continually asked Gilbert why he didn't make a special bottling of only his oldest vineyards. Now that Nicolas is managing the domaine with him, they decided to give it a try and made just two barrels from "Patou" vineyards that are more than 100...

100% Syrah. Grapes are pressed with an old-style basket press and aged 2 years in 2-7 year-old barrels. Some stems are kept for vinification. "Patou" is the top site south of the village of Cornas with decomposed granite and a rich soil that gives supple tannins and perfumed wines. The oldest vines...

From a half hectare plot planted in 1972 and 1995. Fermented in open vats for 25-30 days and aged in barrel (20% new) for 12 months.