Catherine and Pierre Breton 'Franc de Pied' Bourgueil 2018

Catherine and Pierre Breton 'Franc de Pied' Bourgueil 2018Catherine and Pierre Breton have been worldwide pied pipers for natural wine for some time now, being certified organic in 1991, and using Biodynamic practices since 1994. Their dedication is all the more notable being in Bourgueil, which is not an easy place to work. Disease pressure, frost, and hail are constant threats, and yet they have been delivering age worthy, joyful wines for decades. That is not possible without raw physical exertion and an

and has been organic since 2000

GR10 Blanco comes from vineyards in Cadalso de los Vidrios and San Martín de Valdeiglesias

Small in stature

The farming is organic and only a small amount of sulfur is used in the cellar

making lighter

The wines of La Stoppa are truly characters in and of themselves

his wines are not funky at all

Aged 8-9 years in 250L PX Sherry half-butts

but the rest of the wines from 2015 from 2020 have now been assembled in a series of 500 liter puncheons to age together

with its cool climate influence

front part of the original Kupp hill (at the foot of the hill)

and it is Kirk’s take on a breezy