Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Coteaux du Lyonnais

Variety

Gamay

The most extreme vineyards in the Coteaux du Lyonnais appellation are found in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, where Baptiste has a small parcel of Gamay. These vines are planted on extremely steep slopes similar to Côte-Rôtie, but at over 700 meters above sea level, rendering them the highest in the region. This makes for a spicy, peppery wine with a uniquely different personality that Baptiste decided to bottle on its own.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost

Soil type

Vines planted in1940s and 1990s

PruningGoblet

ExpositionEast

Altitude700 m

Vinification

All of Baptiste's reds are made with whole cluster and native yeast fermentation with no added sulfur, but the rest of the vinification changes based on Nayrand's intuitive feeling at each harvest to make the best wine possible from that year's grapes.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined. Tangential filtration only when necessary, 1 g SO2 added at bottling only when needed

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the producer

Baptiste Nayrand

Founded in 2014

6 hectares

Originally from the area around Lyon, Baptiste Nayrand created his eponymous domaine from scratch in 2014. Today he has just over six hectares of vines, which is the maximum he can farm by himself to maintain the quality he requires. The majority of vineyards are dedicated to Gamay in the AOP Coteaux du Lyonnais, a small, rather unknown appellation on the outskirts of Lyon, located between the Beaujolais and the Northern Rhône. There is also a small amount of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Aligoté permitted in the AOP Coteaux du Lyonnais.

These wines have a similar excitement and energy found in the most legendary natural wine producers in France. Cognizant of the natural wine movement for many years as a wine drinker, Baptiste created his estate with a drive to produce exce...