This is a unique white wine from Beaujolais, grown in a historic ancient vineyard known as Clos de Loyse. Clos de Loyse is a 22.3 acre walled vineyard attached to a castle of medieval origin.It was the land of the Lords of Loyse until 1643, when Carthusian monks took over and cultivated chardonnay there until the French revolution. Chardonnay vines are grown a few kilometers away from Fuissé yet on a very different terroir from the rest of Southern Burgundy, with alluvial soil lying on a granite bedrock, giving its wines a fruiter character.