In the glass
What it pairs with
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Blanquette de veau
Earthy cherry Gamay brightens the mild veal cream sauce. -
Boudin noir aux pommes
Iron mineral notes mirror the blood sausage's ferrous richness. -
Comté jeune
Young Comté's nuttiness plays against the wine's fruit-and-mineral core.
History
Jean-Claude Lapalu converted to natural winemaking in the early 2000s, working without sulphur additions and using whole-cluster carbonic maceration on his oldest Brouilly vines.
- 2000 — Vieilles Vignes cuvée established from Lapalu's oldest granite-soil Brouilly parcels
- 2005 — Estate certified as practicing natural wine producer
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine Jean-Claude Lapalu
- Grapes
- Gamay
- Classification
- Brouilly AOC
- Oak
- Whole-cluster carbonic maceration; no new oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- €18-26 at retail
- Drinking window
- 2-10 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2000
- Biodynamic
- Biodynamic Practicing
- Organic
- ORGANIC CERTIFIED
- Vegan
- Yes (no animal-derived fining)