Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Saint Amour

Variety

Gamay

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 Côte de Besset

Soil type

Sandstone and schist

Vines planted inTwo parcels 45 and 70 years (partially coplanted to Chardonnay)

Vineyard size1.3 ha

PruningGobelet

ExpositionNorth exposition

Altitude200m to 450m

Vinification

Carbonic maceration around 15 degrees for a period of 15 days without manipulation. No added sulfites or added yeast. 0.5G total SO2 at bottling.

Elevage7 months in 225L barrels, which are at least 7 years old. Racked by gravity.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringBottled unfiltered by gravity following the lunar calendar

Additional info

Total production average5,000 bottles

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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...