Beaujolais
Grain et Granit - 2023 - Jean-Paul & Charly Thévenet
Charly Thévenet
Beautiful texture and a lovely minerality, just as the name of the cuvée suggests… but that’s not all! Red fruits, flowers, a hint of undergrowth, cherry… On the palate: tension and great aging potential, with length and freshness on the finish.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Régnié AOP
- Degree of alcohol
- 14 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
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Gamay from very old, almost century-old vines (90–100 years), farmed organically, planted at 300 meters on granite soils. South-southeast exposure, plowed vineyards, no chemical inputs. Hand-harvested. Natural vinification: 15 days of whole-cluster carbonic maceration, pressing, then aged in concrete tanks for about 8 months until the following spring. Tank lees filtered (about 10% of the mass) and just a micro-dose of sulfur added at bottling (20 mg/l).

Charly Thévenet
Charly Thévenet, natural winemaker from Beaujolais, didn’t exactly stumble into the wine world… He grew up and nurtured his passion alongside his father, Jean-Paul Thévenet, an unmissable figure in Morgon, just like Marcel Lapierre and Jean Foillard, pioneers of healthy, living wines since 1985. As a young winemaker in the making, Charly also honed his skills in the Loire and in Italy, before...
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