L'Epicurieux Brouilly 'Whole Lotta Love' 2021

Beaujolais, France

100% Gamay 

Emily says..

"Excellent value wine from the region. Aromatic with purple fruit, smoke and raspberry. Balanced with fresh acidity, a fine tannin structure and a long finish.'

Organic farming, with biodynamic principles. 100% whole-bunch semi-carbonic maceration for 15-16 day in concrete vats with wild yeasts. Gentle pressing. Blending of free run juice with press juice and then 8 month aging. Bottled with no sulphur. Unfined and unfiltered.

L'Epicurieux 

Growing up amidst the vineyards of southwestern France, Sébastien embarked on a career working on offshore oil rigs in 2006. In 2011, back in France, he met and fell in love with Charlotte Congretel, whose family owned vineyards in Régnie. The couple soon had a son, and in 2015, Sébastien decided to return to dry land permanently to commit to their 2.5-hectare project, L'Epicurieux. By 2016, they had completed their first full vintage. Farming is organic, fermentation is on wild yeasts and now winemaking takes place without the addition of any sulphur. Whilst the Domaine is yet young Sébastien is moving towards biodynamic certification and has recently acquired the new French natural wine certification "Vin Methode Nature". All wines are vinified the same way to really express the difference in the soils.