Domaine Alexandre Burgaud
Domaine Alexandre Burgaud
【Four generations of Beaujolais tradition and invention, woven from terroir】
The Burgaud family have been growing grapes and making fine wine here since 1900.
Alexandre Burgaud is the fourth generation to make the wine, and while he has inherited the family's traditional savoir-faire he brings his own convictions to it, vinifying always in sympathy with the terroir.
He took over the family vineyards in 2013.
Having earned his BTS in viticulture and oenology and spent several years gaining experience at other estates, he returned to the family land and has steadily enlarged the domaine ever since.
Proud to work the soils his forebears worked, he has modernised his viticulture with one aim in mind: wines of genuine quality.
Everything here comes from a single grape, the variety that defines Beaujolais — Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc.
The terroir is unlike any other, a patchwork of granite, sand, stony ground and clay-limestone.
Yields are deliberately held down so that every last bunch can be given close attention.
The fruit is picked by hand, carefully and at exactly the right moment, to capture the fullest possible flavour.
The old vines stand at a high density of 10,000 plants per hectare; each vine gives very little, and the quality is all the more striking for it.
To meet the demands of sustainable farming, new plantings are being set at 8,000 vines per hectare.
