Bret Brothers La Soufrandière Saint-Véran "La Bonnode" Zen dry white 2023

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Bret Brothers La Soufrandière Saint-Véran "La Bonnode" dry white 2023

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2026 (Sept 2025): 94/100. La Bonnode combines texture density and fresh brightness, enhanced by excellent bitterness on the finish: a wine with a very pronounced character.

Comment from the domaine on the 2023 vintage:
2023 A generous vintage!
Hot and early vintages are repeating. After a rather mild winter, we avoided frosts this year. The flowering that began at the end of May-beginning of June went perfectly under these conditions. We now count 95 days between flowering and harvest. Twenty years ago, as the elders did, we counted 100 days. "Climate change".... During June and July, storms swept across France, particularly in the Mâconnais and Beaujolais, sometimes with heavy hail. Again, we were spared. June and July were quite well watered with almost 120 mm accumulated over these 2 months. Just like in 2022, many vines suffered from the heatwave temperatures, but we have clearly observed (a finding shared with many of our organic colleagues) that the parcels not chemically weeded, with organic soil life, resisted these extreme conditions much better. On the eve of the harvest, the organically farmed vines are balanced, the foliage is beautiful, the bunches are magnificent and abundant. This observation of our parcels' resistance to climate change has been noted for several years now. Thus, despite this very hot summer, we harvested magnificent grapes in large quantities. The harvest began on September 4 under scorching heat (up to 34°C in the afternoons) and ended on September 14. We had to start early to protect our harvesters and our grapes. Warm vinifications = vinifications to be particularly monitored. But what a result! The reds are very fresh, delicious, the whites denser, balanced, and elegant! Cheers.


Technical sheet written by the domaine:

Adjacent to "Combe Des Roches", "La Bonnode" is a superb 2-hectare parcel of a single block, facing East at the foot of the Roche de Vergisson. The vines are mostly bordered by old bushes. This privileged location easily allows for biodynamic practices. The view is pleasant, relaxing, opening onto the Val de Saône and often revealing Mont Blanc to the East. There is density, richness, and a lot of vibrations!

Our "Zen" Cuvées. No fining and filtration according to the cuvées:
Since the 2016 vintage, we have offered several cuvées vinified without sulfur, called "Zen". For these,
we add only 10 to 20 mg/l of sulfites before bottling, unlike our other more cuvées which will have had between 20 and 50 mg/l (which is quite low. For reference, the "Demeter" specifications allow 90 mg/l of total sulfites for dry white wines, 150 for organic ones, and up to 210 for other non-certified wines). The cuvées "Zen" are thus more open, presenting a more pronounced vibration, a touch of magic. Note that all our red cuvées have been vinified in "Zen" since 2019. These wines should be stored at a maximum temperature of 15°C. All our Zen cuvées (reds, whites, and Pet Nat) as well as all our cuvées aged for 17 months (available early 2024) are neither fined nor filtered, as has been the case since the 2010 vintage. The others are filtered on earth, exceptionally on membrane.

Ageing potential: 10 years

Vine age: 35 years

Area: 2 hectares

Altitude: 250 meters


Certified organic wine by ECOCERT and biodynamic certified by DEMETER