As a child growing up in Alsace Raphaël worked in the vineyards of the Meyer family in Nothalten and he has barely left the vines since. After some years working in Alsace, he left for the Auvergne working with Vincent Marie of No Control. That’s where he met Emélie, originally from Quebec who worked with Aurelien Lefort and Patrick Bouju before eventually joining up with Raphaël when he was offered the vines in the south of Beaujolais through a contact of Vincent (he still sells some of the fruit to him.) Enough of stellar CV’s - now they plough (no pun intended, but yes they do use draft horses in the vineyard,) their own path. For winemaking generally they macerate whole bunch, dropping the grapes into the Cuve and not interfering before pressing, bottling always without any additions, fining or filtering. Blend of Gamay & Pinot Blanc.

Beaujolais Nouveau is traditionally marked on the third Thursday of November each year. Beaujolais Day celebrates the release of the new wine from the first harvest of the year in Beaujolais region.

AVAILABLE ON THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER.