Bon Pas - Choisir c’est Renoncer Beaujolais 2022

A complex and textual Beaujolais, fresh and a touch on the earthier side. Bright red fruits and spice with some darker cherries and blue fruits.

NERD NOTES

Viticulture:

• Certified Organic Farming
• Gamay from rented vines on a 30 acre site in Régnié with pure pink granite
• Soils are worked by horse
• Vines planted in 1985
• High density planting (10,000 pieds/ha), competition between vines, and a deep root system

Vinification:

• Hand harvested.
• Semi-carbonic maceration with whole bunches for 13 days in fibreglass
• Basket press, then aged for eight months in three barrels
• Blended before one more month in fibreglass&
• Bottled in May 2023
• No fining, no filtering, no added SO2

ABOUT THE PRODUCER

Bon Pas is the estate of Nicolas Bompas.

Before starting his own estate he worked in some wonderful estates such as Gramenon and Cras. Plus for the last couple of years he has also been a winemaker at Romuald Valot.

In 2021 he decided to settle in Beaujolais and has slowly started to ;purchase vineyards, of which he currently has only a small holding. The vines are organically farmed with the use of horses for the vineyard work. The winery is located in Saint Etienne des Ouilleres and no additions are used including sulphur.