Description
Du Grappin is Andrew and Emma Nielsen’s label for Beaujolais, the Mâconnais, and Vézelay. This Fleurie comes from a parcel at the top of Poncié, with vines up to 80 years old on pink granite, quartz, and mica at 350 meters. The vineyard gets a light touch: no hedging, one plowing each spring, and wildflowers through the summer.
The winemaking is inspired by Jules Chauvet. The grapes are hand-harvested, chilled overnight to 12°C, and sealed in a concrete vat under CO2. They sit untouched for 21 days, with no pump-overs or punch-downs, before pressing. The wine finishes fermentation in concrete and ages 10 months on fine lees in old large-format barrels. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur.
If you’re looking for Beaujolais from Du Grappin, see Andrew and Emma’s winemaker page.
Andrew and Emma Nielsen founded Le Grappin in 2011. They source from the same organically farmed single parcels every year, work without additions, and bottle everything by hand. Named one of The 10 Best Unsung Burgundy Producers by Wine-Searcher.
