Jean-Claude Lapalu
Beaujolais, France
Jean Claude Lapalu’s wines have earned him a reputation as one of the best natural winemakers in Beaujolais. His family had also cultivated vines, but largely sold their grapes to co-operative makers, where Jean-Claude has focused his attention on viniculture. With around 12 hectares of non certified biodynamic and organically farmed old-vine Gamay across Brouilly and the Beaujolais villages, Jean-Claude focuses on minimal intervention, creating wines that are full of finesse and elegance, with very pure expressions of the Gamay grape.