Lot, France — Vin de France
Two low-intervention cuvées, made by Bruno Jouves from rare and little-known grape varieties, and presented without added sulphites.
The range
Rico’chai is a range of natural wines available in red and white, made by Bruno Jouves in the Lot department of south-western France.
The work is artisanal and low-intervention, with particular attention paid to expressing the character of the grapes and of each vintage.
Both cuvées come from pre-phylloxera clone varieties — Plot, Noual, Valdiguier and Merriele — rare and little-known grapes that give the wines their originality.
The producer
Bruno Jouves works his vines in the Lot, following the fruit rather than a fixed recipe. Rico’chai is the direct expression of that choice: two cuvées, one red and one white, shaped by the grapes and by the vintage.
The approach is deliberately artisanal, with a low-intervention winemaking method and no added sulphites, so that the wine keeps the character it started with.
Read about the estateThe wines
Red and white, both Vin de France, both 75 cl, both made without added sulphites.
Winemaking
Rico’chai is presented as a cuvée made without added sulphites, following a low-intervention winemaking approach.
Wine professionals
Rico’chai is intended for natural-wine distributors, wine merchants, restaurants and wine bars looking for a distinctive, low-intervention French wine.
If you work with natural wine, low-intervention wine or Vin de France from the Lot, Bruno Jouves is happy to talk directly about the range and the vintages available.
For a price list, documentation or a conversation about the range, contact Bruno Jouves directly.