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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”Domaine Paul Durdilly et Fils” subhead=”Le Bois d’Oignt | Beaujolais” text_orientation=”center” background_overlay_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.25)” _builder_version=”3.16″ title_font_size=”50″ subhead_font_size=”20px” background_color=”rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)” background_image=”http:\/\/dev.northberkeleyimports.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bojo_web.jpg” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” make_equal=”on” column_padding_mobile=”on” admin_label=”row” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#fcf4de” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|2% ||2% ” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”USP” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”|2%||2%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]\"durdilly_encave\"<\/a>When does a non-cru Beaujolais wine taste and age like a fine Burgundy? When it\u2019s crafted by a talented winemaker such as Paul Durdilly<\/strong> from Le Bois d\u2019Oignt in southern Beaujolais.<\/p>\n

Durdilly\u2019s \u2018Les Grandes Coasses\u2019 is hands-down one of the finest \u201cbasic\u201d Beaujolais wines you can find for the money; but honestly, there\u2019s little that’s basic about it. Le Bois d\u2019Oignt\u2019s terroir secret is that many of its vineyards have soils that are pure limestone, the same \u201cmother rock\u201d of the C\u00f4te d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n

Which is why Gamay grown on Durdilly\u2019s older-vine, high-altitude vineyard slopes is always refined and supple, with a complexity of flavor that will make you think Vosne, or even Chambolle\u2014and then make you rethink everything you thought you knew about Beaujolais.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been coming to Paul\u2019s family cellars for nearly three decades, to taste and be dazzled by the quality that these beautiful hills and humble man can deliver. What\u2019s more, we\u2019ve pulled bottles of \u2018Les Grandes Coasses\u2019 from our cellars after 10 to 15 years and have been astounded at the wine\u2019s silky texture and freshness of fruit, even after so long.<\/p>\n

While there has never been a better time to rediscover Beaujolais, market pressures have taken their toll on the region. As defeated winemakers pull their old vines from the soil and abandon their life\u2019s pursuit, an art is being lost, an impeccable terroir betrayed. Artists like Durdilly stand as a sentinel to what Beaujolais can and should be, and what we need to preserve.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ padding_mobile=”off” make_equal=”on” admin_label=”row” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”89%” width_tablet=”80%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”89%” max_width_tablet=”80%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”5%|5%|5%|5%” border_width_all=”1px” border_color_all=”#d46d32″ use_border_color=”on”]FARMING & WINEMAKING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Durdilly cares for his some 20 different small parcels of vines in and around Le Bois d\u2019Oignt according to \u201clutte raison\u00e9e\u201d principles, avoiding treatments whenever possible. Nearly half the region\u2019s soils are limestone, similar to the C\u00f4te d\u2019Or, rather than the typical Beaujolais granite. Durdilly\u2019s vines are mostly older, from 40 to 80 years.<\/p>\n

Grapes are harvested by hand and fermented on indigenous yeasts in cement tanks. Wines are aged in a combination of tank and older, large foudre, and then bottled unfined and unfiltered.
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\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Bourgogne Blanc” admin_label=”Bourgogne Blanc” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”14″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”|5%||5%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Winemaker Paul Durdilly’s high-altitude vineyards in Bois d’Oignt benefit from a high concentration of limestone, just like in Burgundy proper. There’s only one way to truly tell\u00a0that this\u00a0stunningly fresh, elegant Chardonnay\u00a0doesn’t come from Burgundy: its price.<\/p>\n

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