Producer: The Alonso Tribe

La Tribu Alonso

The Alonso Tribe is made up of Cyril, an organic winegrower, and Karine, his naturopathic wife. In Marchampt (Beaujolais), they cultivate a conservation vineyard of 140 traditional varieties from the Rhône-Alpes region: Gamays, Chardonnays, Pinot Noirs, and ancient hybrids. They make natural wines by grape family, without any chemical additives or added sulfites.

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We are Young Rouge Beaujolais Nouveau 2025
La Tribu Alonso

We are Young Rouge Beaujolais Nouveau 2025

€15,50

Les Larmes des Roses Red 2023
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Les Larmes des Roses Red 2023

€28,00

Perspectives White 2024
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Perspectives White 2024

€26,00

Vin du conservatoire White 2024
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Vin du conservatoire White 2024

€20,40

Art Brut Red 2023
La Tribu Alonso

Art Brut Red 2023

€20,90

Non Ouillé White 2022
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Non Ouillé White 2022

€22,70

Yeti Rouge 2024
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Yeti Rouge 2024

€22,00

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La Tribu Alonso

Dolce & Cabanon Red 2024

€23,00

Les Larmes du Soleil Red 2020
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Les Larmes du Soleil Red 2020

€25,50

Ambre dissous Red 2020
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Ambre dissous Red 2020

€25,50

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La Tribu Alonso

Ceci n'est pas un vin White 2023

€26,00

>>Where ?

Marchampt, in Beaujolais. If you follow us regularly, this name will not be unfamiliar to you, because it is also the village of our P’tit Grobis Nicolas Chemarin. This is the green Beaujolais, the forest side of the appellation. In 2019, Cyril Alonso and his wife Karine bought a property, not just a vineyard but a vine conservatory established since 1952. Forty different grape varieties grow there on two and a half hectares: it is the only private wine conservatory in France. Cyril immediately implemented the conversion to organic farming. And since he has been making wine since the 1980s, and wine without additives since 1998, he sees no reason to change his method. The conservation activity is also developing more and more, and the La Tribu Alonso ampel library now has one hundred and forty grape varieties.
Beaujolais green
Located at an altitude of 350 meters, the Alonso house is at the heart of a 480-hectare biotope, classified in 2008 and crossed by three rivers. (the domain is self-sufficient in water). The vines climb up to 480 meters, on very steep terrain (up to 47%) of gray granite and blue rock, typical of the region The arable land is sparse, and in places the vines are almost on bedrock. It's impossible to cultivate with machinery here: the work is entirely manual. The site is surrounded by deciduous forests that are not subject to logging or deforestation. The Alonsos have installed beehives, essential for pollination.

Grape Varieties and Seeds

But what grape varieties are there at the Alonso estate? The ancestral cultivars of the Rhône-Alpes region and their many variants, often ungrafted: 28 Chardonnays (there are actually 60, but the other 32 are clones), including the gray, pink and olivette chardonnays; 32 gamays - list not closed, because other specimens are introduced each year, for example the plant-robert, created in the 1920s; the gamay Gloriod, a black gamay with white juice from which white wines can be made; the gamays of Bouze, the white gamay; and seventeen more in 2024. Finally, the Pinot family: nine varieties to which are added Slovak Pinot, the Pinot Fin (variety of the XVIIIe
All of them are grown on three plots: Yeti, with thirty-one Gamays; Paradis, with several Gamays planted in 1940; and Utopia, planted with one hundred and eight different grape varieties.
A remarkable viticultural diversity, a lesson in history as much as in viticulture. Over time, they have mutated naturally in contact with other grape varieties: natural hybridizations have occurred through pollination. The Alonso family values ​​this diversity and encourages it, hence the importance of the hives and bees that accentuate this random functioning.
A practice she also enjoys is sowing seeds. Since the 17th century, the vine has been asexual and propagated by cuttings or grafting. However, when you sow a seed, a vine appears whose color is not necessarily what you expected and whose grapes regain the original flavor of the grape variety, musky and foxy, that it had centuries before. A fascinating experience that Cyril Alonso intends to continue.

To the vineyard

It follows from all this that there is no point in talking about agroforestry—the forest is all around—nor about co-planting: with 140 grape varieties on two and a half hectares, it's mandatory. This logic encourages the Alonso Tribe to make wines by grape variety family. They have 28 Chardonnays? Their Chardonnay vintage will therefore contain 28. Instead of making microcuvées — which would be absurd under these conditions —, the point is to make More volume with several variations of the same grape variety.
Cyril is a winegrower and Karine is a naturopath, their practices are based on attentive listening to nature. No plowing is done: the vines, pruned in a goblet style, are grassed over, and when they suffer a little too much, a pickaxe provides relief. No fertilizer is used other than the weekly addition of the droppings of the house's twelve chickens, mixed with straw. As for protective treatments, between the zero treatment of permaculture and the five to eight annual treatments of biodynamics, they have created their own measure: heliosulfur (a biocontrol fungicide) and pine terpene with volcanic sulfur against powdery mildew and, against downy mildew, black soap and lavender essential oil.
The harvest is obviously manual and the teams are small (of 5 to 8 people). The process, says Cyril, is difficult to understand, so he prefers to take his time so that the harvesters understand it better. 

Au chai

In order to preserve freshness and fruit, Cyril takes inspiration from Jules Chauvet by opting for very short vatting periods, four or five days at room temperature: "Up to 1050 density," said Chauvet, "we keep the primary aromas. Beyond that, the secondary aromas, spicy, empyreumatic, and finally the earthy or vegetal aromas, are declared." It is also a matter of conservatory and plurality of grape varieties: "If there are a lot of them in the same vat," says Cyril, "some will be more rustic, more austere, and others more refined. However, if the vatting period is too long, the most rustic ones take over. »
For the white wines, everything is harvested together and goes through direct pressing. The musts ferment with their lees from start to finish, without any settling, because the lees are antioxidants and facilitate fermentation. This is further encouraged by the alpha waves coming from the sound of Tibetan bowls, "the only wave that makes water vibrate." Initially, the Alonsos sounded the bowls directly in the vat room, but they have improved the method and now use recordings.
The aging process takes place in several types of containers: fiberglass cubes, barrels of various wines recovered from local winegrowers, cornstarch eggs, or terracotta amphorae. The goal is to preserve the pure grapes, never to oak them.
The practices of the Alonso Tribe are arousing interest. "This year, seven winegrowers who came to visit us took cuttings with them. Really, after the utopian start, we think our approach will spread!"

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