Vincent & Marie Tricot “Rouge Lux”

Vincent & Marie Tricot “Rouge Lux” is a natural red wine from Auvergne, France made from Gamay d’Auvergne. Organically grown on volcanic soil over limestone, grapes are farmed organically, and harvested manually, and fermented spontaneously by indigenous yeasts. Vincent & Marie Tricot ‘Rouge Lux’ offers dark fruits and savoury aromas on the nose. Upon tasting, this wine is bright and vibrant with a mineral finish and smooth tannin.

Auvergne is known for being the region in France with the most pre-phylloxera vines. The volcanic soils here make for blight resistant grapes. Gamay has been grown in the region since the 1700s and Gamay d’Auvergne is noted for giving slightly more rustic, darker, spicy wines than the Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc grown in the Beaujolais.

Vincent & Marie Tricot — Orcet, Auvergne

Vincent Tricot, originally from Anjou, was inspired by his first encounter with natural wine during a harvest in Beaujolais. He and Marie, eager to make a natural wine that embodied a sense of playfulness and authenticity. They acquired a small plot of 4.5 hectares in the early 2000s, later expanding to 10 hectares. They were particularly drawn to Auvergne’s extraordinary concentration of pre-phylloxera vines, a rare opportunity. Their approach to winemaking, perfected over years of experimentation, has been fully free of added sulfites since 2011, producing wines that are pure, lively, and easy-going in the best possible sense.