IBP0323RW
Le Petit Poquelin
2023
Beaujolais
Certified Organic
Certified Biodynamic
Wild yeasts
No Sulphur
Vegan
Most famous for Beaujolais Nouveau – a wine bottle only a few weeks after fermentation and drank on the 3rd Thursday of November – Beaujolais is an intriguing wine region technically part of the Rhone commune, but has always been considered part of Burgundy. Reds here are made from 100% Gamay. Gamay produces light, fresh and floral red wines, similar in style to Pinot Noir. Most Beaujolais is produced using semi-carbonic maceration in which the grapes are fermented in a carbon dioxide rich environment. This releases lots of colour and bright fruit characters without much tannic structure. Much of Beaujolais is granite with outcrops of schist in part of Morgon or Andesites in the Cote de Brouilly. In the Auvergne, gamay is planted on basalts and in the Côtes Roannaise there is again granite.
The Cote de la Moliere estate, founded in 1987, is situated in Vauxrenard 5km from Fleurie in the northwest corner of Beaujolais. In 1989, Bruno Perraud, a 6th generation grower, was joined by his wife Isabelle as they acquired more vines, increasing the domaine from 1.5 hectare to 8.5 hectares. It was in 1999 that Bruno fell seriously ill from insecticide poisoning and realising the need for a complete overhaul to their viticulture, they made the shift towards organic farming. Now the wines are all certified organic, some certified biodynamic and almost all certified Vin Methode Nature (hand-picked, organic grapes, fermented only with indigenous yeasts with very low levels of added sulphur). Their cuvées are neither filtered nor fined.
Wine details
IBP0323RW
Isabelle et Bruno Perraud
Le Petit Poquelin
2023
Beaujolais
Certified Organic
Certified Biodynamic
Wild yeasts
No Sulphur
Vegan
Most famous for Beaujolais Nouveau – a wine bottle only a few weeks after fermentation and drank on the 3rd Thursday of November – Beaujolais is an intriguing wine region technically part of the Rhone commune, but has always been considered part of Burgundy. Reds here are made from 100% Gamay. Gamay produces light, fresh and floral red wines, similar in style to Pinot Noir. Most Beaujolais is produced using semi-carbonic maceration in which the grapes are fermented in a carbon dioxide rich environment. This releases lots of colour and bright fruit characters without much tannic structure. Much of Beaujolais is granite with outcrops of schist in part of Morgon or Andesites in the Cote de Brouilly. In the Auvergne, gamay is planted on basalts and in the Côtes Roannaise there is again granite.
The Cote de la Moliere estate, founded in 1987, is situated in Vauxrenard 5km from Fleurie in the northwest corner of Beaujolais. In 1989, Bruno Perraud, a 6th generation grower, was joined by his wife Isabelle as they acquired more vines, increasing the domaine from 1.5 hectare to 8.5 hectares. It was in 1999 that Bruno fell seriously ill from insecticide poisoning and realising the need for a complete overhaul to their viticulture, they made the shift towards organic farming. Now the wines are all certified organic, some certified biodynamic and almost all certified Vin Methode Nature (hand-picked, organic grapes, fermented only with indigenous yeasts with very low levels of added sulphur). Their cuvées are neither filtered nor fined.
