A Plan B for the Beaujolais

A visit to the low-lying Lancié vineyard where Lilian Bauchet is producing one of the region's most promising white wines - from souvignier gris and muscaris.

Lilian Bauchet beside his souvignier gris vines in Lancié, June 2022.

Former IT specialist Lilian Bauchet’s career as a vigneron divides into two eras. From 2007-2014, he and his family were based in Fleurie at the 7ha Château des Bachelards, where he produced Fleurie and Moulin-à-Vent. In 2014, seeking to farm a smaller surface, Bauchet sold that estate…