Vin de France Lieu-dit Bonichons 2016

Le gamay d'Auvergne, sur terroir volcanique, est ici vinifié “à la bourguignonne” : longue macération des raisins égrappés, et élevage en barriques (non neuves).

Cépage historique de l’Auvergne, mais minoritaire, le pinot noir trouve sur les terroirs d'origine volcanique de l'Auvergne une expression à nulle autre pareille.

A historic grape variety in the Auvergne, but now second only to Gamay, Pinot Noir has a very distinctive face on terroirs of volcanic origin, such as the basaltic soil that is used in the Cailloux cuvée (formerly called "Basalte").

Pinot noir is a so-called "accessory" red grape variety, but it has a long history in the Auvergne. The clay-limestone soil of Orcet gives it an original and beautiful expression.

Old vines of the endemic Gamay d'Auvergne of about fifty years, carbonic maceration carbonic maceration for 3 weeks and maturing in tuns, without added sulfur or filtration.

In the 2012 vintage, Violette results from the marriage of Beaujolais Gamays (80%) and old Auvergne Gamays (20%), two plots worked by horse and vinified very naturally.

Le gamay et sa variante locale ancienne dite gamay d'Auvergne aiment les sables granitiques du coteau de Volvic ponctué de gros rochers (“rochailles”…) : fruit et minéralité.

A cuvée of chardonnay picked at full maturity, vinified in total freedom and aged for a long time (bottled in 2012).