Jean-François Debourg Pet Mat Gamay 2020
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| Management number | 253563300 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$15.60 | Model Number | 253563300 | ||
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Jean-François Debourg's Pet Mat Gamay is a pétillant naturel made from 100% Gamay Noir grown on organically farmed plots in the Pierres Dorées subzone of southern Beaujolais, centered around the village of Saint-Germain-Nuelles. The estate's soils are notably varied — clay-limestone, silt, granite, alluvium, and pink sands — which distinguishes it from the granite-dominant north. The wine is labeled Vin de France, giving Debourg latitude outside the AOC framework to vinify without additions.
The wine is made by the méthode ancestrale: fermentation begins with native yeasts, and the wine is bottled before that single fermentation completes. The trapped CO2 creates gentle, low-pressure bubbles (typically around 2–3 bars), resulting in soft effervescence rather than the aggressive fizz of Champagne-method sparkling wines. No sulfur is added. The bottle is frosted, making it immediately recognizable on a shelf.
Debourg began making wine under his own label only in 2016, guided early on by mentor François Ecot. Before that, the family estate — which dates to 1850 — sold its grapes to the local cooperative and neighboring producers. Organic certification (Ecocert) was completed in 2021, though farming without synthetic inputs began earlier. Wines have been made without any added inputs since 2018.
Gamay grown on the clay-limestone soils of southern Beaujolais tends toward bright red fruit — cherry, cranberry, raspberry — with lighter structure and higher acidity than Gamay from the granite-heavy crus to the north. In pet nat form, those characteristics are amplified: the effervescence lifts the fruit, and the wine stays juicy, low in tannin, and highly drinkable.
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Sparkling Wine
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