£33.16
Yann Bertrand St Amour Bambins 2023
Country: France
Region: Beaujolais
Grape: Gamay
Colour: Red
Bottle Size: 75cl
Bottle Weight: 1326g
Alcohol: 12%
Vintage: 2023
- PRODUCER NOTES
- FARMING & WINEMAKING NOTES
From the very first sip we have been hooked on Yann's wines. Working alongside parents Guy and Annick he has taken the region by storm since returning to the family vineyards. Yann is mentored by Jacques Nauport who was Jules Chauvet's right hand man and is inspired by the movement that Jules and Jacques started.
Yann is incredibly driven by his work in the vineyard, the Gamay vines are very old, and he works hard with manures to keep the vineyard healthy. Whenever we've visited someone has to track him down in the vineyard somewhere. In the cellar the grapes are cooled before a very long cool slow carbonic maceration with no additions.
It was heart breaking that in both 2016 and 2017 virtually every grape was lost to either frost or hail. Consequentially we have had to wait quite some time for Yann to have any wine for us but we are happy to be patient. When tasting with him in 2017 he wrote in the bottom of my notebook 'Le temps ne respecte pas ce qui se fait sans lui' which roughly translates to 'time does not respect what is done without him'.
Below you see the results of the patience on both our parts. Yann has a bright future and is one of the most thoughtful people in the world of wine.
The Bambins from St Amour is the result of a micro-negociant approach, with Yann bringing together passionate growers from the village, after a disastrous 2015 vintage, to support sustainable agriculture and promote this region. Shallow soils with alternating bands of blue volcanic rock and volcanic schist. Cold, semi carbonic maceration between 10-12 degrees c for a period of 15 days without manipulation. No added sulphites or added yeast. 4,000 bottles produced.
PRODUCER NOTES
From the very first sip we have been hooked on Yann's wines. Working alongside parents Guy and Annick he has taken the region by storm since returning to the family vineyards. Yann is mentored by Jacques Nauport who was Jules Chauvet's right hand man and is inspired by the movement that Jules and Jacques started.
Yann is incredibly driven by his work in the vineyard, the Gamay vines are very old, and he works hard with manures to keep the vineyard healthy. Whenever we've visited someone has to track him down in the vineyard somewhere. In the cellar the grapes are cooled before a very long cool slow carbonic maceration with no additions.
It was heart breaking that in both 2016 and 2017 virtually every grape was lost to either frost or hail. Consequentially we have had to wait quite some time for Yann to have any wine for us but we are happy to be patient. When tasting with him in 2017 he wrote in the bottom of my notebook 'Le temps ne respecte pas ce qui se fait sans lui' which roughly translates to 'time does not respect what is done without him'.
Below you see the results of the patience on both our parts. Yann has a bright future and is one of the most thoughtful people in the world of wine.
FARMING & WINEMAKING NOTES
The Bambins from St Amour is the result of a micro-negociant approach, with Yann bringing together passionate growers from the village, after a disastrous 2015 vintage, to support sustainable agriculture and promote this region. Shallow soils with alternating bands of blue volcanic rock and volcanic schist. Cold, semi carbonic maceration between 10-12 degrees c for a period of 15 days without manipulation. No added sulphites or added yeast. 4,000 bottles produced.