2018 JEAN PAUL BRUN TERRES DOREES "L'ANCIEN" VIELLES VIGNES BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE

2018 JEAN PAUL BRUN TERRES DOREES "L'ANCIEN" VIELLES VIGNES BEAUJOLAIS, FRANCE.100% Gamay.

Pure, delicious unadulterated Beaujolais, made wine indigenous yeast and minimal sulfur. This is Gamay as it is meant to be. Jean Paul Brun is a leader in the movement towards minimal intervention winemaking in Beaujolais. "L'Ancienne" is so-named because it comes from 80 year-old vines, planted to clay and limestone soils. All the fruit is hand-harvested, de-stemmed, then fermented and aged in concrete vats. The result is a bright-fruited and fresh Gamay with crunchy red fruits and mineral underpinnings. In short, a joy to drink. About: Jean Paul Brun is located in Charnay, a village in the Southern Beaujolais just north of Lyons, in a beautiful area known as the "Region of Golden Stones". Brun is the owner and winemaker at this 40-acre family estate and has attracted the attention of the French and American press for the wonderfully fruity and delicate wines he produces.

Brun wants to make "old-style" Beaujolais and his vinification differs from the prevailing practices in the region. He believes that the charm of Gamay's fruit is best expressed by the grapes' indigenous yeasts, rather than by adding industrial yeast. Virtually all Beaujolais is now made by adding a particular yeast during fermentation.

Brun's view is that Beaujolais drinks best at a lower degree of alcohol and that there is no need to systematically add sugar to the must (chaptalize) to reach alcohol levels of 12 to 13 degrees. His Beaujolais is made to be pleasurable - light, fruity and delicious - not an artificially inflated wine that shines at tasting competitions.

Only a minimal amount of S02 is used at bottling to keep the wine fresh and "headache-free". Fermentation naturally produces a lot of CO2, which acts as protection against oxidation during aging; leaving some in the wine at bottling time also helps to keep it fresh. Filtration is also minimal so that the wine keeps its original fruit and aromas. Brun’s wines are not ‘blockbusters’ in the sense of ‘big.’ The emphasis is not on weight, but on fruit: Beaujolais as it once was and as it should be.

Brun’s Nouveaus were rated as the top Nouveau of the vintage by France’s Gault Millau magazine several years in a row. Robert Parker has rated Brun as a four-star producer (the only other Beaujolais producers with four stars are in the Crus) and has written about his wines:

“Proprietor Brun is a believer in using only the vineyard’s wild yeast, rather than the synthetic yeasts used by most other producers. His beautiful wines are favorites among purists.” (Importer)
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