Jean Paul et Charly Thevenet

Jean-Paul Thevenet is certainly a name in everyone’s ear ever since Kermit Lynch dubbed him, together with Marcel Lapierre, Guy Breton and Jean Foillard, as Beaujolais famous “Gang of Four” in the ‘80s. The essence of their philosophy: take a step back, appreciate and cultivate old vines, apply organic farming practices, avoid the use of sulphur, let natural ferments do their magic and help the terroir express itself through minimal intervention.

In 2007, Charly Thévenet, the latest descendant, has been producing using the same approach as his father, who continues to advocate "natural" wines.

The oldest Gamay vines are 70 years old and the soils are composed of granite with very little earth which enables the roots to reach the base rock quickly giving the wine its mineral character. He harvests ripe, healthy grapes. In the cellars, the vinification process is simple with traditional carbonic fermentation, using natural yeasts. The wines are neither fined nor filtered and have only minimal sulphites added. Since 2018, father and son are making wines under the same label.