About The Wine
This is Jon’s Julie & Nas (very nice play on words), from organically grown fruit out of the Julienas cru in Beaujolais.
It’s a deep and minerally expression of Gamay with ripe red berries, some cinnamon spice that’s almost Christmas cookie-esque, with a touch of that barnyardy wildness that the Cru can be known for. Fruit forward, with savoury, grippy tannins, it is an unconventional, yet contemporary take on Cru Beaujolais.
These current releases from Vin Noe are a real breath of fresh air, and Jon Purcell is certainly a new name to keep an eye on.
About Vin Noe
There are times when someone’s personality and demeanour are such that they are able to overcome what for others, are unsurmountable obstacles.
Such is the case with Jon Purcell, an American winemaker who works at Domaine Matrot in Meursault.
He started his own label, Vin Noe recently, only due to the relationship he was able to form with a local vigneron, who allowed him to lease vineyards in Puligny Montrachet and St Aubin, something only a handful of foreigners (especially Americans) are doing.
Making his wines in a natural way, he eschews the use of sulphur, while still making clean vinous styles in minute quantities. Jon is proof that hard work, and a positive outgoing nature, really do open doors that are shut to most others.

Burgundy, France