Domaine Bonnet-Cotton

Marine Bonnet & Pierre Cotton

Pierre Cotton's family has been farming and producing wine at the same cellar in Odenas since 1856. Legend has it that the large chai, with its cavernous cellars, was built in the 18th century to make the wines for the nearby Château de Pierreux, and that over the years, it has housed a rotating group of producers.

Today, Pierre and his partner Marine are the sole producers to make wine here. After working for a short stint as a motorcycle mechanic, Pierre spent two years in the Loire Valley before returning to the domaine. In 2014, he reclaimed 1 hectare of Côte de Brouilly for his first cuvée - 100% Cotton. Over the next few years, he reclaimed another 2 hectares around Brouilly from the family holdings, purchased 1 hectare in Fleurie, 1 hectare of Regnié, and 1 hectare of Beaujolais, sas well as planted a small patch of Beaujolais Blanc on a unique vein of limestone near the domaine.

Inspired by tasting wines with compatriot friends Yann Bertrand, Jules Metras, and Keke Descombes, Pierre’s wines are all farmed organically and made without any sulfur. Vinification is semi-carbonic in large cement tanks, and then the wines are aged for 8-9 months in old foudres that range in size from 14 to 42 hectoliters.

In 2020, Pierre's partner Marine Bonnet officially joined the domaine. Marine has a background as an agronomist specialized in viticulture, and Pierre and Marine now manage both the vineyards and winemaking together.

Key information

Beaujolais

Odénas

16 hectares

Founded in 2014

Organic in conversion

The wines

Côte de Brouilly 100% Cotton

Red Wine
 : Gamay
Cote-de-B

Located just next to the winery in Odenas, Cotton’s parcel of Côte de Brouilly is on a unique terroir of “corne verte” that Pierre says is found nowhere else in the Beaujolais. The Côte de Brouilly 100% Cotton was the first cuvée Pierre made and re...

Vin de France Chardonnay

White Wine
 : Chardonnay
BT-Blanc-VDF

Vin de France Piscine Olympique

Rose Wine
 : Gamay, muscaris, souvignier gris
BT-VDF-Piscine-olympique

Vin de France Orange Carbonique

Orange Wine
 : Chardonnay
OC

Vin de France Ygueule

Red Wine
 : Gamay, Mondeuse, Chardonnay.
BT-Rouge-Ygueule

Bas les Masques

Red Wine
 : Gamay
BT-Rouge-Beaujolais-illustration

Bonnet Cotton Beaujolais

Red Wine
 : Gamay
bonnet

All of the red wines at Cotton are vinified with native yeasts and without SO2 in concrete tanks, then age underground in century-old foudres that were originally built for holding beer, then were repurposed in the 1950s and 1960s.

Moulin à Vent ‘‘La Rochelle’’

Red Wine
 : Gamay
Moulin à Vent _La Rochelle_ Marine Bonnet

All of the red wines at Cotton are vinified with native yeasts and without SO2 in concrete tanks, then age underground in century-old foudres that were originally built for holding beer, then were repurposed in the 1950s and 1960s.

Brouilly 100% Cotton

Red Wine
 : Gamay
Brouilly

The Brouilly comes from family holdings just outside of Odenas at lower elevation than the Côte de Brouilly. The Brouilly tends to be a bit lighter and fresher. Brouilly was the second wine that Pierre produced, and decided to stick with the same n...

Côte de Brouilly Les Grillés

Red Wine
 : Gamay
Grillé

The combination of pink, yellow, and red granite is only found in this 1.5 hectare parcel called Les Grillés, or The Grids, which refers to the various layers of rock, located on the slope just next to the winery in Odénas. Les Grillés was the firs...

Vin de France Gamay

Red Wine
 : Gamay
VDF-gamay

The Vin de France Gamay is a blend of declassified grapes from the domaine's Beaujolais and Brouilly vineyards that don't quite match the quality for their eponymous cuvées, as well as some free run juice from the carbonic maceration of other cuvée...

Fleurie Poncié

Red Wine
 : Gamay
Fleurie

Fruit for Cotton's Fleurie Poncié comes from a beautiful old Gamay vineyard facing south towards the village of Fleurie. The grapes are vinified exactly the same as Cotton’s other wines, which showcases the difference between his native terroir of ...