Bonnet Cotton Beaujolais

Domaine Bonnet-Cotton

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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

More about
the producer

Domaine Bonnet-Cotton

Founded in 2014

16 hectares

Pierre Cotton's family has been farming and producing wine at the same cellar in Odenas since 1856. Legend has it that the large chai, with its cavernous cellars, was built in the 18th century to make the wines for the nearby Château de Pierreux, and that over the years, it has housed a rotating group of producers.

Today, Pierre and his partner Marine are the sole producers to make wine here. After working for a short stint as a motorcycle mechanic, Pierre spent two years in the Loire Valley before returning to the domaine. In 2014, he reclaimed 1 hectare of Côte de Brouilly for his first cuvée - 100% Cotton. Over the next few years, he reclaimed another 2 hectares around Brouilly from the family holdings, purchased 1 hectare in Fleurie, 1 hectare of Regnié, and 1 hectare...