Bonnet Cotton Beaujolais
Domaine Bonnet-Cotton
Type
Red Wine
Appellation
Beaujolais
Variety
Gamay
All of the red wines at Cotton are vinified with native yeasts and without SO2 in concrete tanks, then age underground in century-old foudres that were originally built for holding beer, then were repurposed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Viticulture
Soil type
Clay-limestone and colluvial soils
Vine ageOld vines
PruningGobelet
Vinification
After a manual harvest the grapes go for a carbonic maceration vinification in whole bunches, spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts
ElevageAged in foudres and barrels for 8 months, unfiltered, unfined and no SO2 added.
Harvest typeHand Harvested