Les Souriants, Maxime Troncy ‘Gauloiserie’ Rouge 2021

Location: France, Beaujolais

Winemaker: Maxime Troncy

Grapes: Gamay, Gamaret (Gamaret is a varietal originating from Switzerland, a cross between Reschensteiner, a German crossbreed from the late 30', and Gamay)

Soil: Calcareous soils with clay and pebbles depending on the parcel. Grapes come from lower on the hill which has less calcareous soils than higher on the hill. Gamaret from Troncy’s family’s vines.

Winemaking: Harvest by hand. A blend of "Allégresse" 2021) with Gamaret (50/50). Gamaret is destemmed, 10 days maceration.

From the Importer Steven Graf: Maxime Troncy comes from a family winery. In 2013, his father bequeathed him some vines to work without chemical intervention. It's a sizable plot of about 10 hectares, but the plan is to convert the whole estate, so these are wines we hope to have around for a long time. The vines vary from 70 years old to less than a decade old.

Troncy’s wines taste just like we always want Beaujolais to, like the first bottles we had from Lapierre and Foillard. Fresh strawberries and cream. We are thrilled with the Bourgogne Blanc as well for it’s freshness and simple display of its fruit. Troncy explains that the "sourire" cuvées are wines for pleasure, for conviviality and sharing. Maxime also supplies all the Gamay Julien Altaber uses in his cuvées!