Justin Dutraive has Fleurie in his veins. As the eldest son of the incomparable Jean-Louis Dutriave, he grew up overhearing the conversations (and sipping the bottles) of Jean Foillard, Yvon Métras, Sylvain Chanudet and of course, his father Jean-Louis. The Dutraive family home and the Domaine de la Grand’Cour are one in the same. There is a constant flow of visiting vignerons from every generation for lunches, dinners, casse-croûte (“breaking of bread”), walks in the vines, and tastings in the cellar. Jean-Louis’ door is always open, as are his bottles. His influence on the youth of the region was deeply and instantly felt in his son Justin’s inaugural release: Beaujolais “Les Bulands”.
Given the severe frosts in 2021, Justin Dutraive was not able to get his fruit from Les Bulands, so had to go with “Plan B” and purchase grapes from the south of Beaujolais. Plan B also refers to Bulands.