Description
The 2021 Jean-Claude Lapalu Brouilly Vieilles Vignes is a natural, organic, and vegan red wine made from 60-80-year-old Gamay vines in the Brouilly region of Beaujolais. The wine offers vibrant fruity flavors with a subtle spice, balanced by a light body and smooth finish. Aged in oak barrels, it reflects the complexity of the granite terroir. Jean-Claude Lapalu follows minimal intervention techniques, including manual harvesting, native yeast fermentation, and bottling without filtration or added sulphites. It pairs well with white meats, charcuterie, red meats, and is ideal as an aperitif.
Producer Profile
INTRODUCTION
Jean-Claude Lapalu is a vigneron who works in harmony with nature, situated on the slopes of Brouilly since 1996. His 9-hectare estate is certified organic, even if he does not mark this on his labels.
VINEYARD INFORMATION
His Gamay vines are situated at Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne in the Brouilly region of Beaujolais and grow on granite soil. There are 12 hectares of old vines (60-80 years) in total – 7 in Beaujolais, 4 in Brouilly and 1 in the Cote-de-Brouilly, all grown strictly according to organic priciples; indeed Jean-Claude is hoping to convert to biodynamic within 3 years. This particular Gamay is from vines Claude’s grandfather reports were old when he began farming in 1940.
