Prunelle de Navacelle

Prunelle de Navacelle is a trailblazing vigneronne in the emerging Beaujolais-Lantignié region. She produces small lots of her personal project at her family’s Château du Basty, home of the Perroud family since 1482. Prunelle farms old vines with regenerative agroecology methods to encourage biodiversity while fighting climate change.

Located just north of Brouilly, west of Régnié, and less than one kilometer from the border of Morgon, Lantignié is a gem of a village that reminds us in some ways of what the Côte des Bar is to Champagne: an underdog that’s a hot spot of untapped potential.It is an ideal place to make the elegant, transparent, natural wines that define Prunelle’s style.

Prunelle is one of six children, and currently four generations of the Perroud family that live together at Château du Basty, including Prunelle’s 104 year-old grandmother, who began the modern wine estate along with her husband. The estate has always been in polyculture, with wine making up part of the produce. Prunelle is the latest generation to put her personal stamp on the terroir, making her one of the most exciting, young vigneronnes in the region.