Bonnet Cotton, Beaujolais "Bas Les Masques", 2024 SO021026 Lauer GGs Lionnet belongs firmly in the

Lionnet belongs firmly in the rotation

showcases the very best of what the Rhône can offer

and Theia is a fine argument for why

selling fruit to the big houses for decades before turning to bottling their own

Readers should plan on putting the 2021 away for a number of years

Bonnet Cotton, Beaujolais "Bas Les Masques", 2024 SO021026 Lauer GGs Lionnet belongs firmly in thePierre Cotton reclaimed a hectare of family vines in Beaujolais in 2014, and with partner Marine Bonnet now alongside him, the domaine makes some of the region's most electric, honest Gamay. Everything is farmed organically and vinified with native yeasts in concrete, with barely any sulfur, then aged in century old foudrestrue low intervention winemaking. "Bas Les Masques" ("masks off") is the playful house cuve, a juicy, unfiltered entry level