Vignoble La Bauge 3 Frontenacs Vin Rouge Quebec 2022 750ml

CANADA : QUEBEC : BRIGHAM

ORGANIC : Frontenac Noir, Frontenac Gris, Frontenac Blanc

LIGHT-BODIED, RASPBERRY, STRAWBERRY, DRIED HERBS, MINERAL FINISH, NO OAK

Made by the Naud family in Brome-Missisquoi, about an hour east of Montreal, on an east-facing silty-sandy slope in Brigham. Simon Naud and Steve Beauséjour run the cellar on a full natural program — hand-harvested, native yeast, zero fining, filtration, or sulfur. In 2024, La Bauge became the first winery in Canada to earn Regenerative Organic Agriculture certification.

The "mille-feuille" method: layers of Frontenac Noir, Gris, and Blanc are stacked in the fermentation vessel, each macerating under carbonic conditions for 12 days before pressing and indigenous yeast fermentation. The technique pulls fruit-forward aromatics with minimal extraction — more Beaujolais in spirit than anything built for age.

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