Domaine des Moriers was born from a passion for the Beaujolais terroirs, where the Gamay grape variety expresses itself like nowhere else. Managed today by Arnaud Combier, a man of solid experience having made his own wines in the Mâconnais then in Languedoc, he carries out a work of art here sublimating the climates of northern Beaujolais. The estate produces Beaujolais-Villages in Lancié, just on the border with Morgon; Morgon “Charmes”, Fleurie “La Madonne” – the most beautiful climat of Fleurie – and finally the famous Moulin-à-Vent and Moulin à Vent “En Brenay” which are the most Burgundian of the Beaujolais terroirs. The entire estate has been converting to organic farming since 2018 and the intention is to progress towards biodynamics very soon. Convinced that to produce beautiful grapes, balanced and rich in taste, living soils are needed, they put animal traction into practice for land maintenance.
The harvest is strictly manual and whole bunches are used for vinification which is carried out in concrete vats, as is the tradition in Beaujolais. Pressing after two weeks of fermentation is carried out by two vertical presses, which provides excellent quality of press juice, essential in the final vintage. No use of sulphites so far, it is only at bottling that the wines will be very lightly sulphated to guarantee transport. This has the effect of giving rise to distinctive and sincere wines while being very digestible.