Lantignié

Yann Bertrand

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Beaujolais Villages

Variety

Gamay

This wine hails from a single-hectare parcel in the 'Bastys' area, which is composed of deep granite. Yann implements alternating plowing and permanent inter-row grassing.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Bastys

Soil type

Granitic

Vine age15 years old

Vineyard size1 hectare

PruningCordon

Altitude500 m

Vinification

Grapes are exclusively hand harvested in small 300kg skips, with rigorous parcel sorting. Strict carbonic maceration (without juice) for 20 days. No added sulfur or yeast

ElevageWine ages for 8 months, 80% in 225-liter barrels and 20% in vats. Racking and bottling, unfiltered and following the cycle of the moon.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

More about
the producer

Yann Bertrand

Founded in 2012

9 hectares

Growing up in Fleurie, Yann Bertrand never thought he would become a winemaker. He briefly enrolled in commerce at a local university, then travelled around the French Alps for a few years. When applying for local jobs, he noted that he was the son of a vigneron and soon found himself working at wine bars and wine shops, surrounded by passionate wine geeks and artisan winemakers who often came to deliver wine themselves. Tasting wines in a new way, he began to ask himself some questions, and eventually decided that the metier of a winemaker would be interesting to him if he pursued it with the same passion as the role models he encountered.

Returning to the Beaujolais, Yann began to learn from the incredible circle of producers that he never knew before, including well-k...