Domaine de l'Alezan

2023 · Sparkling · White · 12%

Syrah Marsanne

Merci is the Syrah-Marsanne white in Patricia and Rémi Bonneton's La Tangente négociant range, sourced from organic growers across northern Ardèche and co-fermented (Syrah is vinified directly with Marsanne for a saignée-style colour pull rather than as a finished red). La Tangente, founded in 2017, complements the Bonnetons' L'Alezan estate and follows the same uncompromising cellar protocol: whole-bunch maceration, native yeasts, no chemical additives, no added sulphur, no fining or filtration. 12% alcohol. The 2023 reads as a brisk, light-coloured, food-friendly white with quiet stone-fruit and the granite-mineral pull that defines the Bonnetons' Northern Rhône register. Useful as a by-the-glass natural pour for restaurants wanting something genuinely non-textbook.

Petillant Naturel. Direct-press Syrah and Marsanne.

2023 · Still · Orange · 12.5%

Viognier Marsanne Roussanne

La Tangente is the négociant arm Patricia and Rémi Bonneton launched in 2017 to extend their natural-wine practice beyond the 2.5 estate hectares they already farm in northern Ardèche: they buy organic fruit from like-minded growers, harvest the parcels themselves and vinify the wine at their own cellar. HOOPONOPONO is the white-grape orange in the range, a co-fermentation of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne on skins. Whole-bunch maceration, native yeasts, no chemical additives, no added sulphur, no fining or filtration. The Hawaiian-derived name (a forgiveness practice) is in keeping with the project's ethos. 12.5% alcohol. A skin-contact white for accounts wanting Northern Rhône grapes treated as orange wine without losing varietal lift.

1-week whole-bunch maceration.

2024 · Still · Red · 12%

Syrah Viognier

Mosaique is one of the Syrah-Viognier reds in Patricia and Rémi Bonneton's La Tangente négociant range, the project they launched in 2017 to extend their natural-wine practice beyond their own 2.5 estate hectares in northern Ardèche. Syrah and Viognier co-fermented is the historic Côte-Rôtie pairing (a small Viognier addition softens Syrah's tannin and lifts the aromatics); Mosaique brings that template into the natural-wine register. Sourcing comes from organic growers across the Bonnetons' network. Cellar protocol holds: whole-bunch maceration, native yeasts, no chemical additives, no added sulphur, no fining or filtration. 12% alcohol on the 2024 release is restrained for a Northern Rhône red, in keeping with the cellar's preference for lift over weight.

Whole-bunch viognier infused in Syrah Rosé

2023 · Still · Red · 13.5%

Viognier, Syrah

Patricia and Rémi Bonneton started Domaine de l'Alezan in 2012 in northern Ardèche, after Rémi's earlier career as a horse-traction provider gave him intimate knowledge of the vineyards he eventually came to own. The estate now runs around 2.5 hectares organically, on three distinct terroirs (loess and granite for Marsanne-Roussanne, granite for Syrah, clay-granite for the other parcels). Métisse ('Mixed-blood') is a multi-grape estate red built around the Bonnetons' own holdings. Whole-bunch maceration, partial hand-crushing, hand-stirring of the tank to homogenize temperature, native-yeast fermentation, no chemical additives, no added sulphur, no fining or filtration. 13.5% alcohol. A Northern Rhône natural red for accounts that want a producer story (animal traction, organic, uncompromising cellar) plus genuine drinkability.

Whole-bunch viognier infused in Syrah Rosé

2023 · Still · Red · 13%

Carignan Cinsault Grenache

Petit Prince is one of the southern-leaning blends in Patricia and Rémi Bonneton's La Tangente négociant range, combining Carignan, Cinsault and Grenache from organic growers across Gard, Vaucluse and southern Ardèche. The vinification is unusually deliberate for a négoce wine: Cinsault and Carignan undergo whole-bunch maceration for around 10 days before being blended with gently-extracted Grenache, then aged 7 months in steel and 10 months in old foudre. Cellar protocol holds: native yeasts, no chemical additives, no added sulphur, no fining or filtration. 13% alcohol; the wine reads in three phases (initial freshness, riper raisinated mid-palate, tertiary barrel character) and offers genuine structure for a négoce bottling.

Blend of saignée (Grenache) and whole-bunch macerations of Cinsault and Carignan. Gentle foot treading followed by light pigeage in an infusion style over ~10 days.

2022 · Still · Red · 13%

Carignan Grenache Syrah

Potion is one of L'Alezan's southern-Ardèche-leaning blends from Patricia and Rémi Bonneton, combining Carignan, Grenache and Syrah from their organically farmed plots. The Bonnetons' 2.5-hectare estate sits across three terroirs in northern Ardèche (loess and granite for the whites, granite for Syrah, clay-granite for the Mediterranean reds). Vinification is the house standard: whole-bunch maceration, partial hand-crushing, hand-stirring of the tank, native-yeast fermentation, no chemical additives, no added sulphur, no fining or filtration. The 2022 vintage carries 13% alcohol, restrained for a southern-feeling blend in a warm year. Garrigue, dark berry, peppery, with the granite spine that distinguishes Ardèche from Languedoc proper. A useful natural-wine red for accounts comfortable with a slightly wilder edge.

10-day maceration of whole bunch Carignan blended with infused Grenache and Syrah.