Grape: Pinot Noir
Region: Beaujolais, France
Farming: Organic
Jean Paul Brun is located in Charnay, a village in the Southern Beaujolais just north of Lyon, in a beautiful area known as the "Terres Dorées" or Region of Golden Stones. Brun is the owner and winemaker at this 60+ hectare family estate and has attracted the attention of the French and American press for the wonderfully fruity and delicate wines he produces. Jean-Paul Brun's estate is in the rolling hills of Charnay in the southern Beaujolais, where the main grape of the area and his property too is of course Gamay. But the clay-limestone soils here are friendly to other varieties, particularly Pinot Noir (as well as Chardonnay and Roussanne, both of which he grows here); Jean-Paul began planting Pinot in 1991 and now has a total of 5 hectares. The farming is organic, the harvest by hand and the sorting of the bunches meticulous. The Pinot Noir is classified simply as Bourgogne AC.
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