2019 Clos des Vignes du Maynes Morgon Climat Les Charmes

WINEMAKER: Julien Guillot
REGION: Beaujolais/Burgundy, FR
VARIETAL: Gamay
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

"Fruit from Roland Pignard, biodynamic producer in Morgon (high on hill near Les Vachats) whom Julien has been working with him for 20 years. Upon first opening, there’s a prettiness I wasn’t expecting. Structured. It’s a vertical balloon, standing to attention, waving in the breeze. With air, poised red fruits and fruit tannin. It builds to blackcurrants and plums, more brooding with minerality. The tannins are fine, power yet elegant." - Liz Carey

Clos des Vignes du Maynes is part of the Burgundian dynamic of parcel land registration by the monks. Its origins date back to the year 910, when the Abbey of Cluny was founded by the Duke of Aquitaine. Owned by the lords of the castle of Cruzille, the estate belonged to five generations of farmers before being bought in 1952 by Julian’s grandfather Pierre. Despite the post war industrialisation of wine, he chose to make wines in an organic way, without chemicals, sulfur or filtration. Julian’s father Alain continued this path and was president of FNAB (National Federation of Organic Agriculture) in the 1990’s.

When Julian took over the estate in 2001, he was just 27. Passionate about biodynamics, he introduced the first preparations in 1998 before completely transitioning the entire domaine. The estate consists of 7 hectares including the Clos which is made up of 2 hectares. The terroir is a composition of clay with limestone.