Laurent Perrachon

The Perrachon name turns up in the records of Juliénas as early as 1601, and the family has made wine there since 1877, with Laurent Perrachon and his sons Maxime and Adrien farming it today. Their holdings reach into six of the ten Beaujolais crus (Juliénas, Moulin-à-Vent, Morgon, Chénas, Fleurie, and Saint-Amour), among the most complete cru footprints of any independent grower in the region. They crop goblet-pruned vines at yields the domaine reckons among the lowest in France, down to a sub-hectare parcel of hundred-year-old Juliénas vines bottled on its own. Beaujolais is enjoying a resurgence of respect precisely because of fastidious growers like these, and the wines carry an uncanny precision and charm.

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Producer:	Laurent Perrachon
Country:	France
Region:	Beaujolais
Subregion:	Beaujolais
City of Origin:	Juliénas
Date Founded:	1877
Owner Name:	Famille Perrachon
Vineyard Size:	74.1 acres
Total Annual Production:	15,000 cases

Property History:

The PERRACHON name appears in Julienas history as early as 1601. The Perrachon family acquired the domain of la Bottière, in Juliénas, in 1877. Then came the Domaine des Perelles on the Romanèche-Thorins territory, at the feet of the Moulin-à-Vent hills. The Domaine des Mouilles, now the heart of our operations, was acquired in 1989. It is the heart of the Julienas appellation, benefiting from the best exposure and the best soils. Recently, we added smaller parcels in Chénas, Fleurie, and Saint Amour.

Owner History:

Today we harvest grapes on six Crus (30 hectares) : Julienas of course, but also Morgon, Moulin-à-Vent, Fleurie, Chenas and our latest addition, Saint-Amour, and also Beaujolais-Village rouge and Beaujolais Blanc (6.5 hectares). Today, the 7th generation of winemakers carries on its ancestor’s tradition with the same aim: to express the essence of the terroir.