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Baptiste Nayrand

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Type

Orange Wine

Appellation

Vin de France

Variety

Chardonnay (skin-contact)

'Les Charmes' is an aptly named charming parcel surrounded by forests on all sides with many old vines. There are a few rows of old Chardonnay Muscaté, and in 2020, Baptiste decided to use them to produce this orange wine vinified with 2 months of skin maceration.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Les Brosses (Grigny) and Les Charmes (Millery)

Soil type

Deep clay (Les Brosses) and Schist (Galets Les Charmes)

Vine age1960s and 1980s, with new plantings in 2016

Vineyard size6 ha total (domaine)

Vinification

2 months skin-contact maceration with native yeast fermentation and no added SO2

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average2,000 bottles

More about
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...