Dom Les Roches Bleues – La Croquante

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France

Beaujolais

Wine

Red

The Facts

UPCs 2025 (12pk/750ml) - 6 64841 10380 3

Origins France > Beaujolais > Beaujolais

Appellation Brouilly

Varietal Gamay

Winemaking Whole bunches are handpicked in small crates and selected in the vineyard. Eight days of whole-cluster, semi-carbonic maceration is followed by a very gentle and slow pressing using the château’s old, wooden vertical press. The must is transferred into temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, where fermentation continues with native yeasts. After racking, the wine spends 6-8 months in 50-year-old foudres before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. A very small amount of sulfur is used at bottling.

Aging 6-8 months in stainless steel tanks

Alcohol by Volume 12.5%

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The Character

Overall Bright with red berry aromas

Aromas red apple skin, pomegranates, and cherries

Mouthfeel crunchy minerality coupled with fruit notes

Tasting Notes Bright, red berry aromas set the tone. Crunchy minerality is coupled with fruit notes of red apple skin, pomegranates, and cherries.

Sustainability Certified Organic, Vegan

The Story

Jonathan Buisson is a third-generation artisan producer in southern Beaujolais, farming ten hectares of estate gamay vines with organic and regenerative agricultural methods, incorporating agroecology. Nestled in an idyllic setting at the foot of the majestic Mont Brouilly, Domaine Les Roches Bleues enjoys exceptional growing conditions, with the famous pierre bleue (diorite), a hard, blue-hued igneous rock typical of Côte de Brouilly, giving delicious wines with incredible energy, structure, and freshness.

La Croquante is the entry point into Jonathan’s range. This cuvée is crunchy and fruity, with a soft, glou glou style that is completely charming. La Croquante is an assemblage of vines planted on the pink granite soils of Brouilly—fresh, racy, and fun.

About Dom Les Roches Bleues

Producer Story

One couldn’t ask for a better location than the position enjoyed by Jonathan Buisson and his wife Chloë and their Domaine Les Roches Bleues on the slopes of the majestic Mont Brouilly, in southern Beaujolais. The domain began in 1967 when Chloë’s grandparents, Annie and Louis Bassy, acquired a few hectares of vines with the strong desire to start their own wine domain. It was a daring idea at a time when very few growers owned their own vines and most small producers primarily sold to the large negociants, who reigned supreme. The family was quality-minded from the beginning, and the domain has seen lots of success in the decades since its founding.

Producer Story

One couldn’t ask for a better location than the position enjoyed by Jonathan Buisson and his wife Chloë and their Domaine Les Roches Bleues on the slopes of the majestic Mont Brouilly, in southern Beaujolais. The domain began in 1967 when Chloë’s grandparents, Annie and Louis Bassy, acquired a few hectares of vines with the strong desire to start their own wine domain. It was a daring idea at a time when very few growers owned their own vines and most small producers primarily sold to the large negociants, who reigned supreme. The family was quality-minded from the beginning, and the domain has seen lots of success in the decades since its founding.