Yann Bertrand 'Triptyque' 2023 Beaujolais, France 1.5L

Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault

Beaujolais, France

Yann Bertrand is the son of a vigneron in the Beaujolais town of Fleurie, but wasn’t interested in winemaking until he became immersed in the natural wine scene of the French Alps. Eventually, he found himself learning how to make wine from Beajolais legends like Jean Foillard and Yvonn Metras. Some of his wines are made with purchased fruit, but Yann holds fast to organic and biodynamic winemaking principles, and is highly selective with these grapes (even picks them himself). The wines are fermented in concrete, carbonic, and whole cluster. No sulfur is used at any point in the winemaking process. 

Certified Organic. A new cuvee for Yann as of 2023, from purchased grapes from Tavel, namely Grenache from limey loess soils, Syrah from a single sandy parcel, and Cinsault from a parcel of galets roules, or worn pebbles. The Grenache underwent carbonic maceration for 22 days; as did Cinsault, with some light punchdowns towards the end; and the Syrah was pressed directly. The wine was aged for seven months, ½ in concrete tanks and ½ in 225L barrels. Unfined, unfiltered, no SO2 added. It’s worth noting this fruit is pretty special: these are grapes Yann didn’t have to seek out on his own. During summer of 2023, when Yann all of a sudden lost a significant amount of fruit to late hail, Thibault Pfifferling was with him; it was he who immediately offered to source grapes for Yann from his own excellent grower-neighbors and friends. Yann jumped on the occasion and made Triptyque.

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