Lafont family estate at Lantignié producing Beaujolais since 1840 with parcels across five crus. Jean-Marc Lafont has run the estate since 1985 from 23 hectares of vineyard, working with eco-friendly vine techniques (HVE certified) and producing a recognised Moulin-a-Vent Les Burdelines among the cuvees.
Address: 964 Route de Saint-Joseph, 69430 Lantignié, France, Beaujolais
Sambardier family estate at Denicé in the southern Beaujolais. Dating from 1850 and now covering 34 hectares across multiple appellations (Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages, Brouilly, Juliénas, Moulin-a-Vent, Fleurie and Beaujolais Blanc) farmed across 50 plots ranging from 50 to 100 years old.
Family domaine on 8 hectares (6 in Fleurie, 1.5 in Morgon, 1.5 in Beaujolais-Villages), certified organic since 2012. Romain Zordan vinified his first vintage in 2012 under the mentorship of Jean-François Ganevat, producing pure, refreshing Gamay with very little added sulphur via long, cool whole-bunch semi-carbonic maceration.
Family estate of the Gelin family at Lancié, the only Beaujolais-Villages commune enclosed between the Morgon, Fleurie and Moulin-a-Vent crus.
Sambardier family estate at Denicé in the southern Beaujolais. Dating from 1850 and now covering 34 hectares across multiple appellations (Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages, Brouilly, Juliénas, Moulin-a-Vent, Fleurie and Beaujolais Blanc) farmed across 50 plots ranging from 50 to 100 years old.
Julienas estate producing spicy, full-bodied Gamay from the granite and schist soils of this Saone-et-Loire cru. Traditional producer maintaining the cru's reputation for structured reds.
Historic Julienas producer with old-vine Gamay planted on granite-rich slopes. The Clos du Fief cuvee is among the more structured and age-worthy in the appellation.
Fourth-generation family domaine at Chénas managed by Franck Bessone, named for the granitic soils that define this part of the Beaujolais. The 12-hectare estate produces Moulin-a-Vent, Fleurie, Chénas and Saint-Amour with manual harvests and ageing in oak barrels, casks and cement tanks.
