Red berries - Cherry - Eucalyptus

Benoit Camus farms four hectares - three and a half planted with old vine Gamay and a little Chardonnay - around Ville-surJarnioux in the south of Beaujolais, living there in a caravan hidden away in one of the parcels he refers to as 'Chateau Roulant’. His first harvest here was in 2006, though he’s been working in the vineyards of others since he was a teenager. He tends the vines alone, working organically and by hand and in the cellar things are kept simple with fermentation and élevage taking place in concrete and cuve and nothing added at any stage. Until recently, Benoit chose not to label his wines, preferring to sell them to friends who would bottle them under their négociant projects. Benoit is a rare find – an old school vigneron who’s just happy to be making pure, nourishing wines to be enjoyed by all.

This Gamay comes from vines up to 60 years old and spent two weeks as whole bunches in concrete, before being pressed off to a mixture of concrete and cuve for nine months of élevage. It is darker, deeper and a little more wild than Benoit's other wines, and the limestone terroir lends great freshness.