Domaine Les Roches Bleues "La Croquante" Brouilly 2023

There is an explosion of sweet raspberry fruit cut by white pepper, violet and blackcurrant and a delightful mineral core. This sees zero oak - it's all fresh, bright red fruit and floral, mineral elegance. Certified Organic.

Jonathan Buisson is a third-generation artisan producer in southern Beaujolais, farming ten hectares of estate gamay vines with organic and regenerative agricultural methods, incorporating agroecology. Nestled in an idyllic setting at the foot of the majestic Mont Brouilly, Domaine Les Roches Bleues enjoys exceptional growing conditions, with the famous pierre bleue (diorite), a hard, blue-hued igneous rock typical of Côte de Brouilly, giving delicious wines with incredible energy, structure and freshness.

La Croquante is the entry point into Jonathan’s range. This cuvée is crunchy and fruity, with a soft, glou glou style that is completely charming. La Croquante is an assemblage of vines planted on the pink granite soils of Brouilly—fresh, racy and fun.

Whole bunches are handpicked in small crates and selected in the vineyard. Eight days of whole-cluster, semi-carbonic maceration is followed by a very gentle and slow pressing using the château’s old, wooden vertical press. The must is transferred into temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, where fermentation continues with native yeasts. After racking, the wine spends eight months in 50-year-old foudres before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. A very small amount of sulfur is used at bottling.