Domaine Yohan Lardy Moulin‑à‑Vent “Les Michelons” 2024 | Beaujolais

The Wine

Comes from one of Moulin-à-Vent’s more wind-exposed granite sites, giving a wine full of structure and lift. Dark berry fruit, graphite and floral spice layered over firm mineral tension and fine tannins. Yohan works with whole bunches, native yeasts and minimal sulphur, building a wine that feels serious but still full of life.

The Producer 

“The Master of Moulin-a-vent” - James Suckling

Vintrepid’s first producer and one dear to our hearts. I worked with Yohan for several years in London and couldn’t believe he was not represented in Australia - and vintrepid was hence born. Yohan bottles micro-cuvees from tiny plots of very old vines in Moulin-a-vent, Fleurie and Chenas.

There is also a simply joyous declassified bottling called “poppy” that more than matches the energetic and effusive nature of the man himself. The vines are worked organically and meticulously with biodiversity meaning that insecticides are not required. Cellarwork is all natural with just a small amount of sulphur at bottling.