Beaujolais negociant house founded by Georges Duboeuf in 1964 and known for popularising Beaujolais Nouveau globally from the 1970s onward. The Hameau Duboeuf park at Romanèche-Thorins, opened in 1993, is a major wine-tourism draw.
Address: La Gare, 71570 Romanèche-Thorins, France, Beaujolais
Burgundy house Louis Jadot acquired Chateau des Jacques in Moulin-a-Vent, bringing Burgundy winemaking rigour to Beaujolais. Produces single-lieu-dit Gamay cuvees of notable depth.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings at Chateau des Jacques in Moulin-a-Vent. Book through Louis Jadot Beaune.
Burgundy house Louis Jadot acquired Chateau des Jacques in Moulin-a-Vent, bringing Burgundy winemaking rigour to Beaujolais. Produces single-lieu-dit Gamay cuvees of notable depth.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings at Chateau des Jacques in Moulin-a-Vent. Book through Louis Jadot Beaune.
Anne-Sophie Dubois farms eight hectares in the Les Labourons lieu-dit of Fleurie, organically certified with old vines (the oldest over 60 years).
Natural-wine producer based at Le Clachet in Villié-Morgon, working roughly 8 hectares across plots in Quincié and Lantignié. Karim Vionnet trained with Guy Breton and started his own operation in 2006, vinifying Gamay with indigenous yeasts, no added sugar and minimal sulphur through full carbonic maceration.
Micro-negociant based in Cercié, just outside Villié-Morgon. Christophe Pacalet (nephew of Marcel Lapierre) set up his own winery in 1999 and vinifies purchased grapes from multiple Beaujolais appellations including Beaujolais-Villages, Fleurie, Saint-Amour and Moulin-a-Vent, using the Chauvet method (whole bunches, carbonic maceration, no additives).
Small Brouilly and Cote de Brouilly estate at Odenas, on land farmed by the Cotton family since 1856. Pierre Cotton (joined by partner Marine Bonnet in 2020, with the estate now operating as Bonnet-Cotton) reclaimed 1 hectare of Cote de Brouilly in 2014 for his first cuvee; the domaine farms organically and ferments without added sulphur in concrete tanks before ageing in old foudres.
Family estate in Cercié on the slopes of Mont Brouilly, operated by Nicole Chanrion since 1988 and dating to 1861. The domaine farms around 7.5 hectares of Gamay on east- and northeast-facing volcanic schist and diorite mid-slopes, with vineyards planted at 10,000-12,000 vines per hectare and whole-cluster carbonic maceration aged in large oak foudres.
