Le Ginglet 2021

Le Ginglet 2021 is a natural wine crafted by Tony Bornard, in the Jura region in France. This red wine is made with 100% Trousseau grapes, and features a prominent Volatile kick which lifts the body to give punchy energy to perk you up. Fruitwise this is all about bramble fruit, prunes, rosemary, mint and salty aspects. 

Drink in one swift sitting with friends, as this wine is unlikely to hold the next day. 

Why is it called Le Ginglet?

The name Ginglet is a fun term, basically a slang word derived from "guiguer," meaning to jump, because the wine makes you jump. Equivalent to easy going wine, plonk to drink and have fun with...  that doesn't take itself too seriously for a wine of pleasure, to be drunk for its fruitiness and freshness. This dialect word is also meaning to have a glass – to enjoy oneself.

How is Tony Bornard's Le Ginglet made?

Here with Le Ginglet, Trousseau grapes grow on Red marls, and were harvested on September 7th before being 100% destemmed, and seeing pump-overs once a day with gentle punch-downs during a 3-week maceration. Le Ginglet is then fermented and aged in tanks for 9 months. No added sulphites, as with all Tony Bornard wines.

TONY BORNARD DOCUMENTARY

One of our first documentaries many years ago was with Tony Bornard, at a time when he had just build his new winery in Pupillin, and literally in the process of moving barrels in from the old cellar of Philippe Bornard into the new place up the road. This process of change was an important period for Tony Bornard and he opens up about this and the emotional aspects related to it.