France Gonzalvez 'Le Grand Bain' 2023 Pet Nat Gamay Savoie

750ml bottle
10% abv

Taut, light, and lively, with pure Gamay fruit and the Alpine freshness that distinguishes these mountain wines from their Beaujolais counterparts. It’s dry, steely, and refreshing, with frothy bubbles, restrained berry fruit, delicate floral notes, tangy acidity, and chalky minerality.

GRAPES: 100% Gamay
FARMING: Organic
YEAST: Native
MACERATION: Direct press
FERMENTATION VESSEL: Barrel
AGING: 12 months in bottle
CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Unfiltered/ unfined
SOIL: Clay, limestone
ADDED SO2: 10ppm at bottling

Le Grand Bain is 100% Gamay from Savoie, made by the ancestral method: bottled before fermentation completes, finishing in bottle and capturing its own natural carbonation without dosage or additions.

France Gonzalvez spent her formative years in Beaujolais, starting with half a hectare in 2008 and building to six under the mentorship of Xavier Bénier, Jean-Claude Lapalu, Marcel Lapierre, and Jean-Marc Métras, a foundational education in natural winemaking that earned her wines placement on lists the world over. In 2020 she returned to Savoie, her native region, where she now works with small parcels of Gamay, Jacquère, Mondeuse, and Altesse on steep limestone and glacial moraine slopes at Alpine elevations. Organic farming throughout, with vineyards in conversion to certification. Native yeasts, concrete tanks, no fining or filtration, minimal or no sulfur.