05/21/2026
Benoît Camus, Château Roulant VDF.
This is a beautiful & energetic Gamay that we have loved carrying but won’t be able to carry in the foreseeable future.
Organic farming, spontaneaous fermentation, zero filtration, zero clarification, & zero added sulphites. It’s everything that we want in a wine.
Producer info:
Benoit farms four hectares spread out over eight parcels around the village of Ville-sur-Jarnioux in southern Beaujolais. The vineyards are predominantly limestone, with some clay, granite and marl as well. Benoit lives alongside his vines in a caravan hidden away in one of the parcels he has named Chateau Roulant. 3.5 Ha are planted with old Gamay vines and the rest is Chardonnay.
Benoit’s first harvest was in 2006, though he has been hard at work in other vineyards since his youth. The vines are managed only by him, where he works everything by hand. In the cellar he keeps everything very simple with fermentation and élevage taking place in concrete and cuve and nothing or taken away added at any stage.
Benoit’s goal is to keep his wines as simple as possible in hopes that they may be enjoyed by all.
