Vin de France Gamay

Domaine Bonnet-Cotton

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Vin de France

Variety

Gamay

The Vin de France Gamay is a blend of declassified grapes from the domaine's Beaujolais and Brouilly vineyards that don't quite match the quality for their eponymous cuvées, as well as some free run juice from the carbonic maceration of other cuvées. This wine was originally named 'Ygueule' (pronounced EE-gull), a confusing natural wine pun that nobody understood, so they changed the name to simple Vin de France Gamay.

Viticulture

Soil type

Stony alluvial soils

Vine ageYoung vines

Vinification

Carbonic maceration vinification in whole bunches, spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts

ElevageAged in foudres 7 months, unfiltered, unfined and no SO2 added

Harvest typeHand Harvested

More about
the producer

Domaine Bonnet-Cotton

Founded in 2014

16 hectares

Pierre Cotton's family has been farming and producing wine at the same cellar in Odenas since 1856. Legend has it that the large chai, with its cavernous cellars, was built in the 18th century to make the wines for the nearby Château de Pierreux, and that over the years, it has housed a rotating group of producers.

Today, Pierre and his partner Marine are the sole producers to make wine here. After working for a short stint as a motorcycle mechanic, Pierre spent two years in the Loire Valley before returning to the domaine. In 2014, he reclaimed 1 hectare of Côte de Brouilly for his first cuvée - 100% Cotton. Over the next few years, he reclaimed another 2 hectares around Brouilly from the family holdings, purchased 1 hectare in Fleurie, 1 hectare of Regnié, and 1 hectare...