Beaujolais

Domaine Charnay

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Beaujolais

Variety

Gamay

As the label suggests, Thibault Charnay’s Beaujolais is straight out of the pierres dorées, the golden limestone terroir of the southern Beaujolais. Grown organically, and vinified naturally, this is a perfect Gamay to enjoy without fuss. In warmer weather, it’s particularly delicious when served slightly chilled.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Terres Dorées

Soil type

Clay limestone

Vinification

Cold Carbonic fermentation for one week

Elevage5-6 months in concrete tanks

Additional info

Total production average14,000 bottles

UPC Code Bottle794020260222

More about
the producer

Domaine Charnay

Founded in 2012

12 hectares

After creating and running his own construction company for nearly a decade, Thibault Charnay returned to the family domaine in 2012 to work in the vineyards around his hometown. He purchased a few additional hectares of vines, and today, farms 12 hectares of Gamay on the classic pierres dorées (golden limestone) around Anse in the southern part of the Beaujolais.

For many years, thanks to his ready access to tractors and other machinery, Thibault helped his wife Emilie’s family carry out the organic treatments in their vineyards. Inspired and nudged by his brother in law Raphael at Domaine Saint Cyr, Thibault decided to convert his own domaine to organic farming in 2019, as well as vinify and bottle his own production (rather than sell it off to the négociants).
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