Lafarge Vial Cote de Brouilly 2020 1.5L Big Bottle Willi Schaefer farms barely four

Willi Schaefer farms barely four hectares in Graach

feeding the soil while sparing it the weight of a tractor

Hugo Thanisch

The co-op includes over 650 acres of vines surrounding the town of Ribeauvillé

and dry—serious wine dressed in bright summer tones

Lafarge Vial Cote de Brouilly 2020 1.5L Big Bottle Willi Schaefer farms barely fourWhen Frdric and Chantal Lafarge of Volnay's Domaine Michel Lafarge went looking for new terroir in 2014, they chose cru Beaujolais, bringing Demeter certified biodynamics and Cte d'Or discipline with them. Their Cte de Brouilly comes from Brulhi, a 0. 66 hectare parcel of gobelet trained Gamay planted in the late 1960s on the southeast flank of Mont Brouilly, where granite is shot through with the blue stone that defines the hill; the slope is too