Domaine de la Pirolette

From the top of the hill, facing the church of the famous Beaujolais village of Saint-Amourthe domaine de la Pirolette is writing its own history. Taken over in 2013 by former cooperage saleswoman Virginie Barbet and her husband Grégory, along with a group of co-owners, the estate is now one of the appellation's leading references. Housed in a building dating back to 1600, the Domaine de La Pirolette owes its name to a pretty white flower: the Pirole. Established on a 15-hectare vineyard, with plots on different terroirs, stony soils of sandstone and bluestone, clay and deep, weathered pink granite, the lieux-dit Le Carjot, La Poulette and La Pirolette are highlighted and make up the estate's range.