Description
Jean-Paul Brun started Terres Dorées in 1979 with a mere 4 hectares of vines in Charnay in the southern Beaujolais. Today, the estate is around 30 acres, but with an additional 15 hectares farmed in the crus. Harvest is by hand and of well-ripened but not over-ripened fruit, so alcohol levels are generally modest.
Jean-Paul is not an adherent or advocate of “natural wine” per se, yet is among the most natural of Beaujolais vignerons, uninterested in trend or fashion but deeply committed to purity of expression of fruit and site.
Tasting Notes
Brun’s Moulin-à-Vent La Rochelle unwinds in the glass with scents of red berry compote, licorice, sweet soil tones and spices. Medium to full-bodied, layered and compact, with fine depth and plenty of sweet, powdery tannin.
