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It was in Auvergne that he met Emelie Hurtubise, originally from Quebec, who had arrived there via Japan and a connection to winemaker Justine Loiseau. Raphael moved to Beaujolais in 2017 after being offered the opportunity to take over old vines, and Emelie followed in 2018. Together they set up GAEC Lapins des Vignes -- the Rabbits of the Vines -- and began building their domaine from scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/rapahel-beysang\"\u003eRapahel Beysang producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gamay-nouveau-raphael-beysang-beaujolais-burgundy-france-natural-wine","title":"Raphaël Beysang Gamay Nouveau 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiolo Wild Gamay Nouveau 2021 is a light-bodied red wine from Miolo in Campanha Meridional, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Made from 100% Gamay, it comes from Candiota. 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Beysang contributes young-vine Gamay that undergoes a 2-day maceration, which is then pressed directly into a field blend of Alsatian white varieties from Dreyer — including Auxerrois, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Blanc among others. The two producers meet halfway between their estates, in Burgundy, to exchange grapes. Only 60 magnums of this 2019 vintage were imported into the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a light red sitting at the boundary between red and white: pale in color, with low tannins, bright acidity, and a texture shaped by the skin-contact whites. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered, with no added sulfites. The wine is classified Vin de France, as the blend crosses two distinct regions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth producers farm without synthetic chemistry. 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Vincent contributed fruit from a parcel he owns, cultivated by Raphaël, planted with 50-year-old vines on alluvial soils. The label echoes Vincent's own No Control aesthetic deliberately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVinification was handled by Vincent Marie in the No Control style: whole bunches, short maceration, free-run and press juices blended, and maturation in fibreglass vats. No additives were used from vine to bottle, no fining, no filtration, no added sulfur. The wine was bottled in recycled one-liter bottles, consistent with Beysang and Hurtubise's practice of releasing all their wines in liter or magnum format.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2019 growing season across Beaujolais was defined by April frosts, a heat spike exceeding 40°C in summer, drought, and violent August hailstorms that hit the southern Pierres Dorées zone especially hard, reducing regional yields by 25% or more. 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