Vin de France Terre Noire

Baptiste Nayrand

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Label

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Vin de France

Variety

Pinot Noir

Baptiste planted this high-altitude Pinot Noir vineyard in 2016 using selection massale cuttings from the 'Clos des Epenots' vineyard in Pommard. This vineyard is part of his visionary project to regenerate the forgotten vineyards of the Gier Valley, a tributary of the Rhône which flourished with great wines before phylloxera.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (Vallée du Gier)

Soil type

Schist

Vine agePlanted in 2016

Vineyard size0.40 ha

Altitude400 m

Vinification

Whole cluster and native yeast fermentation in barrel with no added SO2 or temperature control (heating / cooling), followed by eight days of maceration

Elevage10 months in barrel

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

UPC Code Bottle046139084498

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...