With two grandfathers and a father in the winegrowing industry, Jean-Claude LAPALUS was destined to work in the wine business. In 1995, he took over an estate located in Saint-Etienne-La-Varenne, near Brouilly, in the heart of the Beaujolais. On a vineyard of 17 hectares planted exclusively with Gamay varieties - among which there are 8 plots of 70 year-old vines, Jean-Claude has undertaken a profound transformation of the estate's agricultural methods: sustainable farming, maintaining grass cover, lowering yields, strict sorting of grapes, manual harvesting...
Jean-Claude offers 6 powerful and fine wines that undoubtedly place him among the very best Brouilly producers.