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Unconditional Satisfaction GuaranteeNo Shipping Fees Above 302 Months to Decide. Returns Simplified.Guy Bretons Rgni is a standout example of this underappreciated cru, showing both delicacy and quiet complexity. Sourced from organically farmed, old-vine Gamay (typically 60+ years), grown on sandy, pink granite soils, this wine speaks clearly of its terroir. The 2023 vintage offered a classic growing season with cool nights and a moderate harvest, yielding wines of energy, lifted aromatics, and crisp structure.
Vinification follows the strict low-intervention methods of Breton and his fellow Gang of Four vignerons: whole-cluster, semi-carbonic maceration using native yeasts, zero chaptalization, and minimal sulfurif anyat bottling. The wine is aged in older Burgundy barrels for about 68 months, emphasizing finesse over extraction.
This Rgni shines slightly chilled and is highly versatile at the tableideal with roast pork, duck breast, herbed lentils, or a simple plate of charcuterie and cheese.
Guy Bretonaffectionately known as Ptit Maxis one of the legendary Gang of Four natural winemakers of Beaujolais (alongside Marcel Lapierre, Jean Foillard, and Jean-Paul Thvenet), who transformed the region in the 1980s by returning to traditional, pre-industrial methods of viticulture and vinification. From his small cellar in Villi-Morgon, Breton has built a devoted following for his understated, transparent, and terroir-driven wines.
He farms organically, works gently in the vineyard, and avoids manipulations in the cellarletting the fruit and site speak with clarity and nuance. Bretons wines are known for their elegance, subtlety, and longevity, and his Rgni is a particularly expressive example of his styledelicate, aromatic, and grounded in a deep respect for nature and tradition.
