Brouilly 100% Cotton Les Mines

Domaine Bonnet-Cotton

Brouilly
Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Brouilly AOP

Variety

Gamay

Typically, the domaine only produces one wine from Brouilly: 100% Cotton, a blend of two parcels (Les Mines and Bonnège). In 2020, Pierre and Marine decided to make two separate cuvées, as this is the last year that they will be able to harvest grapes from the Bonnège parcel, which their family has been leasing for two generations (it was recently sold and reclaimed by the new owner). To make things even more confusing - because these ephemeral cuvées only exist for one year – they decided to use the 100% Cotton labels, so the indication will only be on the back label. Enjoy comparing these two terroirs in 2020, and if you don’t get the chance, don’t worry – we’ll return to 100% Cotton in the future, but only from Les Mines. 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
Vineyard name

Les Mines

Soil type

Granite

Vine ageOld vines
Vinification

After a manual harvest the grapes go for a carbonic maceration vinification in whole bunch, spontaneous fermentations in native yeasts.

ElevageAged in foudres for 8 months, unfiltered, unfined. No added sulphites.
Harvest typeHand Harvested