White Beaujolais doesn't exist in most people's minds. That's the point.
Cyprien farms 5 acres of Chardonnay on north-facing gneiss slopes at 40% grade - volcanic soil so steep you'd fall backwards trying to harvest it. The previous owner restructured the vineyard 20 years ago specifically to make organic farming possible without herbicides.
He converted the entire estate to organic the year he took over. No synthetic anything. Living soil, indigenous ferments, 18 months aging on fine lees in concrete.
This isn't Burgundian Chardonnay trying to be fancy. It's Beaujolais Chardonnay that knows what it is: aromatic, round, mineral-driven with the kind of bright acidity that comes from letting grapes ripen slowly on a volcanic hillside.
Unfined, unfiltered, minimal sulfites. The kind of white wine that makes you forget white Burgundy costs $80.
White Beaujolais doesn't exist in most people's minds. That's the point.
Cyprien farms 5 acres of Chardonnay on north-facing gneiss slopes at 40% grade - volcanic soil so steep you'd fall backwards trying to harvest it. The previous owner restructured the vineyard 20 years ago specifically to make organic farming possible without herbicides.
He converted the entire estate to organic the year he took over. No synthetic anything. Living soil, indigenous ferments, 18 months aging on fine lees in concrete.
This isn't Burgundian Chardonnay trying to be fancy. It's Beaujolais Chardonnay that knows what it is: aromatic, round, mineral-driven with the kind of bright acidity that comes from letting grapes ripen slowly on a volcanic hillside.
Unfined, unfiltered, minimal sulfites. The kind of white wine that makes you forget white Burgundy costs $80.
