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Tasting Notes
ESTATE
Thomas and Anne-Laure Grillet from the Domaine de la Bonne Tonne (the name means “The Good Barrel”) is a 7th generation, owner operated, natural wine making property. La Bonne Tonne farms less than 5 hectares of vines and maintains an organic vegetable farm and a small bakery. Certified Organic since 2006, La Bonne Tonne is undergoing Biodynamic Certification; all of its wines use native yeasts, fermentation happens spotaneously.
VARIETALS
Composition: 100% Gamay
Made from parcel of flint of more than 65 years old
VINIFICATION
They have chosen to eschew the requests of the Beaujolais negociants to “thermovinify” their wine. Thomas and Anne- Laure prefers to harvest by hand and plow, rather than spray. They useslittle manipulation in the cellar, resulting in wines that reflect “place” – small plots, thoughtfully tended by hand.
TASTING NOTES
Eye: nice ruby color dress
Nose: medium-body wine, with lot of red fruits (strawberry, rapsberry)
Mouth: fresh attack, all in fruit like the nose. Really Morgon style with a medium-body wine in mouth but still with lot of fruits