The Wine: Yves Duport Celine Chillable Red 2022

Yves Duport Celine is a natural wine made from a blend of Chardonnay, Gamay, and Mondeuse from 25-35-year-old vines grown in calcareous clay near Bugey. Spontaneous fermentation with ambient yeast, maceration in stainless steel, bottled unfined, unfiltered, with no added sulfites. Bright fruit, strawberry, raspberry, pair it with fried chicken.

Domaine Yves Duport

This 12-hectare domaine has been built up by four generations. I now work it using organic and biodynamic methods. Most of the plots have clay-limestone soil facing south-south-east overlooking the last natural banks of the Rhone. Here I leave nature to till the soil and tend to the grapevines, which draw everything they need from the soil. This cultivation method allows full expression of the terroir, which I reflect in my different wines, naturally structured for aging according to the vintages.