Lantignie, 2024

A first-bottle-of-the-night Gamay: young vines on granite at 500 metres, just across the path from Yann Bertrand's Fleurie, made with nothing added.

A one-hectare plot of 15-year-old Gamay at about 500 metres in Lantignié, on deep granite, right across the path from Yann Bertrand's Fleurie vines. The grapes ferment whole by carbonic maceration (uncrushed bunches sealed in a tank so each berry starts fermenting inside its skin), then rest eight months in old 225-litre barrels. No fining, filtering or sulphur. Young vines, altitude and that method point to something bright, crunchy and red-fruited rather than deep.