ON PETE LA SOIF! 2010, JEAN PAUL THEVENET

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PRODUCER NOTES

Jean-Paul Thevenet is one of the Gang of four members of Beaujolais (the others being Guy Breton, Jean Foilard, and Marcel Lapierre) and perhaps best embodies the "old school" qualities that these winemakers have championed in the region.
Thevenet works a plot of extremely old vines in the Morgon appellation. The average age of the vines is 70 years and they are cultivated organically and yield very little fruit. The grapes are fermented with natural yeasts and, quite remarkably, often without the addition of any sulfur dioxide (commonly used by winemakers as a preservative and to prevent bacteriological growth). After fermentation Thevenet ages the wine for six to eight months in used oak barrels that he manages to get from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. It is bottled without filtration.

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