Prunelle De Navacelle Regnie 2020

Prunelle de Navacelle is a trailblazing vigneronne in the emerging Beaujolais-Lantignié region.

She produces small lots of her personal project at her family’s Château du Basty, home of the Perroud family since 1482. Prunelle farms old vines with regenerative agroecology methods to encourage biodiversity while fighting climate change.

Located just north of Brouilly, west of Régnié, and less than one kilometer from the border of Morgon, Lantignié is a gem of a village that reminds us in some ways of what the Côte des Bar is to Champagne: an underdog that’s a hot spot of untapped potential. Lantignié has great geological complexity in the subsoils, with vineyards consisting of pink granite and volcanic blueschist (pierres bleues). It also has a diverse landscape with vines planted on rolling hills, bisected by streams, and bordered by woodland. It is an ideal place to make the elegant, transparent, natural wines that define Prunelle’s style.

If Prunelle de Navacelle’s vines were people, some would have already survived painful lost love, others facing midlife crisis and the uncertainty of retirement, while still more would be celebrating their 90th year of life. 

This bottling are those Nonagenarian vines, being farmed Prunelle de Navacelle is a trailblazing vigneronne in the emerging Beaujolais-Lantignié region. She produces small lots of her personal project at her family’s Château du Basty, home of the Perroud family since 1482. Prunelle farms old vines with regenerative agroecology methods to encourage biodiversity while fighting climate change.

Pronounced aromas joyfully leap from the glass of black cherry trees planted near a freshwater lake, while touches of wild herbs dust the rim of the glass as if they were put there by a tiny fairy’s wand.  Just because it’s “vivid and fruity” doesn’t mean this wine doesn’t have depth: A deep dive into pomegranate, raspberries, orange zest, and wet stones all come together with such a refreshing finish that it drives one to eat, and eat well. 

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