Prunelle de Navacelle is a trailblazing vigneronne in the emerging Beaujolais-Lantignié region. She produces small lots of her personal project at her family’s Château du Basty, home of the Perroud family since 1482. Prunelle farms old vines with regenerative agroecology methods to encourage biodiversity while fighting climate change.
Her Régnié is made from a single .64ha, 80-year-old, certified organic gamay parcel that she received in a trade from her friend Julien Sunier, who had previously converted the parcel to organic farming. The vineyard is planted in pink granite at 390m, produced with respect to her natural principles with biodynamic farming methods and cover crops. Bottled without fining, filtration, or added sulfur, the result is authentic, elegant, and transparent Régnié.
Vinification
Whole bunches are handpicked in small crates and selected in the vineyard. 12 days of whole-cluster, semi-carbonic maceration are followed by a very gentle and slow pressing using the château’s old, wooden vertical press. The must is transferred into 60-year-old 2500L foudres, where fermentation continues with native yeasts. After racking, the wine spends twelve months in 4-year-old 228L barrels and 60-year-old 2500L foudres before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Sulfur is not used in the vinification process; a very small amount is added before bottling.
Region
Beaujolais – Burgundy
Appellation
Régnié
Site
Les Vergers
Elevation
390m
Grapes
100% Gamay
Vine Age
80+ years old
Soil
Pink granite
Maceration
12 days whole-cluster, semi-carbonic
Fermentation
With native yeasts in steel tanks
Aging
Twelve months in 4-year-old 228L barrels and 60-year-old 2500L foudres
Fining & Filtration
None
Farming
Practicing Biodynamic, Certified Organic by Ecocert
S02
Less than 20mg/L
Vegan
Yes
ABV
13%
Pack Size
12x750mL