Biodynamic. 100% Chardonnay. Raphaël is particularly proud of this single-vineyard bottling of old vines, drawn from this aptly named, .5ha Chardonnay vineyard between the winery and the now-famous La Galoche stream, planted in the 1950s. It’s legal to label Chardonnay from this region as Bourgogne Blanc, but Raph is firmly committed to the Beaujolais Blanc appellation—and rightly so; this wine is a testament to the importance of this terroir. The vineyard is on clay-limestone, with calcareous marl subsoils; it undergoes spontaneous ferment in neutral barrels and demi-muids; afterward it is aged at least two years in barrel on full lees to allow the wine to reach its fullest expression. One year of bottle age, depending on vintage, thereafter. Unfined, unfiltered, zero added SO2.
