Bonnet Cotton 'Ygueule' Co-Ferment

Bonnet-Cotton ‘Ygueule’ Co-Ferment - Beaujolais, France

Playful, fragrant and brilliantly offbeat, ‘Ygueule’ is a co-fermented Beaujolais that leans into colour, energy and texture rather than tidy category lines. It opens with crunchy red cherry, raspberry and wild strawberry, lifted by floral notes, citrus peel, white pepper and a faint herbal edge. The palate is light, juicy and vivid, with bright acidity, soft tannins and a gently grippy, almost rosé-meets-red feel that makes it wonderfully versatile. There’s a little natural-wine wildness here, but the wine stays clean, fresh and deeply drinkable, finishing savoury, tangy and full of charm.

Made in Bonnet-Cotton’s low-intervention style, ‘Ygueule’ brings Gamay together with white grapes in a co-fermentation, giving the wine extra aromatic lift and a lighter, more fluid frame. The fruit is organically farmed, fermented with native yeasts and handled without heavy extraction or oak influence, preserving freshness, perfume and that unmistakable Beaujolais snap. It’s the sort of bottle that makes the most sense with a slight chill, a table full of snacks and absolutely no ceremony.

'Co-fermentation' means fermenting two or more grape varieties together in the same tank, rather than making each wine separately and blending afterwards. It’s a traditional approach that can create a more seamless, integrated wine, with the grapes influencing one another from the very beginning of fermentation. In a wine like this, where red and white varieties may be fermented together, co-fermentation can bring extra perfume, lift and freshness while softening the structure and adding a playful, hard-to-pin-down texture.

Grape Variety: Gamay co-fermented with white varieties

Style: Red/Co-Ferment – Light-bodied, fresh, low intervention

Drink Window: Now – 3–4 years

Perfect For: Charcuterie, picnic fare, grilled vegetables, roast chicken, slightly chilled aperitivo drinking

A gloriously unserious-serious Beaujolais - crunchy, floral and wildly easy to love, with just enough weirdness to keep the conversation going.