Château Bonnet, Oh Oui!, 2025
Produced under the direction of Jacques Lurton of Famille André Lurton in Bordeaux, Oh Oui! is an innovative new label for a pair of zero-alcohol grape-based drinks produced using Sauvignon Blanc from the vineyards of Château Bonnet.
One of the best-known of all the André Lurton properties, Château Bonnet is situated in the Entre-Deux-Mers region just a few kilometres from the banks of the Dordogne. It is rightly regarded as the cradle of the Famille André Lurton empire and it has been the family’s home for more than 125 years, ever since its acquisition by great-grandfather Léonce Récapet in 1897. The vineyard is extensive, with 118 hectares of white varieties planted (alongside 84 hectares of red), of which 63% is Sauvignon Blanc.
So the Lurtons have plenty of raw material to experiment with. And this has led to the development of Oh Oui! Unlike many zero-alcohol options, however, the Oh Oui! drinks are not produced using de-alcoholisation, which necessitates expensive and energy-hungry processes such as vacuum distillation or reverse osmosis.
Rather than go down this road the team at Famille André Lurton took a novel approach, one intended to circumvent these energy requirements. Rather than adhering to the processes outlined above, the fruit for Oh Oui! was harvested several weeks earlier than usual, at a time when the Sauvignon aromatics had developed, but the sugar concentration was low. Then all that was required was a little pressing, stabilisation and (for one of the wines) a touch of carbonation.
