Wines from Domaine Lachat

Our way of working

Regenerative agricultural principles

Domaine Lachat is a 3-hectare farm, situated in the village of Régnié, a cru of Beaujolais. We cultivate our three hectares of vines organically, according to

regenerative agricultural principles. Each year we improve upon our farming

practices in order to impact our environment in positive ways. We do this to

restore the balance of our granite soils. Some techniques used to implement

this are; sowing permanent cover crop and allowing our sheep and chickens to

graze and fertilize the land. Agroforestry has played a role in the vitality of

our land as we have planted many different types of fruit trees around the

property to encourage biodiversity. 

Our vineyard parcels fall within the Beaujolais Cru, Régnié,

350-400 meters above sea level. The old vines, granite soils and biodiversity

express themselves within our wines. 

Our production process is based on low-intervention vinification. Grapes are fermented according the “Maceration Carbonique” method, meaning that our grapes are handpicked and start the fermentation process as whole clusters without the presence of oxygen. After a number of days, ranging between 6 to 14, we press the grapes and the fermentation continues until all sugars are converted. Our goal is to produce a wine that is a reflection of the terroir and the variations of the growing season for that specific vintage.