Frédéric Berne Les Vergers Beaujolais-Villages 2023 Organic
France · Beaujolais · Beaujolais-Villages

Les Vergers 2023

Domaine Frédéric Berne

Crunchy Gamay straight from the orchard slopes.

Open it when…

Weeknight Aperitif BBQ Picnic

Tastes like

fresh cherries straight off the tree

Feels like

juicy, light, easy to love

CHF 20.00
CHF 20.00
CHF 26.67/L
VAT included

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GrapesGamay
Serve14-16
DecantNo
DrinkNow-2032

Emeric's note

An orchard picnic on the first sunny weekend

Taste profile

The wine's soundboard.

Tall bars, big wine. Low bars, easy wine.

The story

Behind the bottle

Aux Vergers is a single parcel in Lantignié, around Frédéric Berne's Château des Vergers, facing south-east at 350 metres on volcanic blue stone.

Hand-picked, whole bunches, native yeasts, 15 days of semi-carbonic maceration, then 12 months in oak.

A Beaujolais-Villages that plays at the level of the crus.

— Emeric

Where it comes from

Domaine Frédéric Berne portrait

The maker

Domaine Frédéric Berne

“I realised that we were slaves to a system based on chemicals. The terroir is built on granite, and it is the combination between Gamay and this rock that gives our wines their structure and fruit.”

Founded
2013
Hectares
13
Generation
1
Farming
Organic
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The place

Beaujolais

Just south of Mâcon, Beaujolais is Gamay country. On pink granite and schist in the north, the ten Crus — Morgon, Fleurie, Moulin-à-Vent and the rest — make structured, mineral reds that age beautifully; the flatter clay-limestone south gives bright, gulpable village wine. It was here that the modern natural-wine movement took root in the 1980s. ~14,000 ha.

Climate
Semi-continental, warming southward
Altitude
200-500 m
Classification
AOCs
SoilsPink GraniteBlue GraniteSchistClay-Limestone
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Best season to open it

Spring Picnics and charcuterie.
Summer Barbecue in the orchard.

AutumnWinter

Have it with

Charcuterie
🍽️ Poultry
🍽️ Vegetarian

Press play

Fleet Foxes, White Winter Hymnalblanket on the grass.
  1. 01 Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal— bright
  2. 02 The Head and the Heart – Rivers and Roads— open
  3. 03 Iron & Wine – Boy with a Coin— light
Nerd mode 🔬 Soils, grapes, cellar, serving — for the truly curious

…I warned you. 😄

Terroir & craft

◆SoilsPink Granite, Blue Granite, Schist, Clay-Limestone
◆Altitude200-500 m
◆GrapesGamay
◆Blend100% Gamay
◆CellarGamay on blue stone, Aux Vergers parcel in Lantignié, 350 m
◆CellarHand-picked, native yeasts, 15 days whole-bunch semi-carbonic
◆Cellar12 months in oak barrels
◆Élevage12 months in oak barrels
🌿CertificationsOrganic

Serving

◆Serve at14-16
◆GlassStandard
◆DecantNo
◆DrinkNow-2032
Domaine Frédéric Berne cellar

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