Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Juliénas

Variety

100% Gamay

Juliénas is the furthest north cru of the Beaujolais and has a unique terroir from the better known crus to the south. Yann was inspired to produce Juliénas because the terroir is rather unknown and also because he forged a relationship with a passionate grower of grapes in the village. Following a small harvest in 2015 and a catastrophic frost in 2016, Yann Bertrand decided to incorporate a micro-négociant approach into his family domaine. Yann’s goal for these wines is to collaborate with serious and passionate growers to support sustainable agriculture in the region and produce the same quality wines as those from the domaine.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

La Rizière

Soil type

"White earth”, a substrate of sedimentary clay and marl

Vine age45 years old

Vineyard size1 ha

Vinification

Cold carbonic maceration for 14 to 18 days without use of sulfites and with indigenous yeast

ElevageAged in 225 liter used barrels for 8 months. Racked and bottled at the property without filtration and according to 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...