Domaine de la Grosse Pierre, Chiroubles 'Aux Craz', 2024 SO021226 Piero Busso Autran farms with minimal intervention

Autran farms with minimal intervention on clay-silex soils

A wine of elegant restraint and genuine artisanal character

219 bottles produced

and lightness over tannic extraction

Taut but refined tannins and bright acidity keep it balanced and energetic

Domaine de la Grosse Pierre, Chiroubles 'Aux Craz', 2024 SO021226 Piero Busso Autran farms with minimal interventionPauline Passot took over her family's Chiroubles domaine and immediately became Beaujolais' rookie of the year, turning out some of the freshest, prettiest cru Gamay around. Chiroubles is the criminally underrated cru that happens to be the highest in elevation, and 'Aux Craz' comes from her steepest, coolest site, around 460 meters up on decomposed pink granite, from vines pushing 70 years old. Passot works the way you'd hope: semi carbonic, native