Beaujolais
Beaujolais
Clos de la Roilette 2023 Fleurie
French Red
Black cherry and raspberry lead a floral, cool-toned nose, joined by violet, black pepper, stone and a faint smoky note. Smooth and well structured, the palate layers crushed strawberry and black raspberry over earthy spice. Fresh mineral detail carries the fruit into a long, composed finish. Serve lightly cool with charcuterie, roast chicken, pork or mushroom dishes.
Clos de la Roilette 2023 Fleurie Cuvée Tardive
French Red
Dark cherry and black berry fruit are joined by fresh thyme, woodsmoke, dark earth and a floral note. The palate is full-bodied and focused, with concentrated fruit held by ripe tannins and a clear savoury line. Long and composed through the finish, it has the depth for roast duck, pork or mushroom dishes while retaining the freshness to drink on its own.
Jean Foillard 2023 Morgon Côte du Py
French Red
Dried cherry and prune lead a soft, unctuous palate, with concentrated fruit carried by a supple texture. There is seriousness beneath the generosity, but the wine remains composed and flowing rather than dense. Its pure, generous shape makes it a natural partner for charcuterie, roast chicken or goat cheese, while the fruit remains clear enough to enjoy on its own.
Coquard 2020 Les 38 Villages Beaujolais-Villages
French Red
Bright and perfumed, with peony, lilac and fresh red cherry leading the way. Juicy berry fruit fills the palate, supported by lively acidity and a light, supple frame. Dry and energetic rather than candied, it finishes cleanly with gentle spice, a mineral lift and the easy charm of a cool-climate red.
Fauvin 2019 Chenas Cuvee Selene Magnum
French Red
Redcurrant, vanilla and peony meet in an intense, silky red with enough structure to carry its generous fruit. Partial ageing in new oak brings polish and complexity without obscuring the freshness of Gamay. Drink now or hold for several years, and serve with pigeon, feathered game, roast duck, mushroom dishes or a red-fruit tart for a more unexpected pairing.
Christophe Coquard 2017 Les Coeurs de l’Amour Saint-Amour
French Red
Fresh cherry and raspberry sit with peony, rose and light spice. Kirsch and reseda are also present in the red-fruit profile. Made from Gamay in Saint-Amour, the wine is ruby red and contains thirteen percent alcohol. The appellation lies in Beaujolais. Serve it lightly chilled, around fourteen to sixteen degrees Celsius, with poultry, charcuterie or composed salads.
Nathalie Fauvin 2019 Chénas Cuvée Séléné
French Red
Blackberry, redcurrant, blueberry and floral notes appear with cedar, pepper, laurel and vanilla. The palate is intense and silky. Made entirely from Gamay, the wine comes from Chénas in Beaujolais. Thirty percent receives partial barrel ageing, while stainless-steel tank is also used. The cuvée combines wines selected from three other estate bottlings and was created for the grower's daughter.
Incipit 2018 D’Or et de Pierres
French Red
Made from Gamay, this red wine comes from Beaujolais. The grower established his project in the Pierres Dorées area south of the region. The small vineyard is worked without mechanized equipment, and a grelinette is used around the vines. Its parcels include sand, clay-limestone and golden-stone soils. Harvesting is done by hand in small crates, while pressing, bottling, corking, labelling and waxing are also completed manually.
Incipit 2018 La Grelinette Fûtée
French Red
Black fruit and spice appear with sour cherry and dried fig. The palate is rustic, pure and balanced, with fresh acidity and firmness in the finish. Made from Gamay, the wine comes from Beaujolais. The grower began the project near Theizé. Vineyard work avoids motorized machinery, using a grelinette around the vines, and the grapes are harvested by hand in small crates.
Maison Coquard 2018 Saint-Amour
French Red
The colour is ruby with violet highlights. Small forest berries, wild strawberry and peony appear in the aroma. The palate is fruity and velvety, with crunchy tannins and a dry profile. Made from Gamay, this red wine comes from the Saint-Amour appellation in Beaujolais and carries fourteen percent alcohol. The family winegrowing history in Theizé dates to 1881.
La Sœur Cadette 2022 Beaujolais Nouveau
French Red
Floral, light on its feet and juicy, this Gamay comes from organically farmed vineyards facing Mont Brouilly. The fruit grows on sandy soils, and the wine ages briefly in concrete tank. It is red, carries twelve percent alcohol and is bottled as Beaujolais Nouveau. The grapes are harvested by hand and ferment naturally; the source parcel sits opposite the western slope of Côte de Brouilly.
Jean-Étienne Chermette 2021 Beaujolais Gamay
French Red
Raspberry, blackberry and blackcurrant define the fruit profile. The wine comes from roughly seventy-year-old Gamay vines on dark granite. Traditional Beaujolais vinification uses whole bunches and semi-carbonic maceration, with five to six days in concrete tanks. Fermentation and maturation for the producer's Beaujolais wines take place in concrete and stainless steel to retain fruit and freshness. Indigenous yeasts are used, with no chemical inputs added during vinification.
Domaine Jean-Michel Dupré 2022 Grands Cras Morgon
French Red
Cherry cola, red raspberry, red cherry and hibiscus appear with graphite and pencil shavings. Kirsch, liquorice and peppery flavours accompany a deep, fleshy texture. Gamay comes from roughly fifty-five-year-old vines rooted in clay at about 350 metres, with southeast exposure. The fruit was hand harvested and sorted, then received a ten-day whole-cluster maceration without added sulphur dioxide. Maturation lasted six to ten months in cement tanks.
Les 3 Madones 2023 Fleurie
French Red
Bright ruby colour with purple highlights introduces ripe plum, fresh grape, violet and blackcurrant. The palate is fleshy and harmonious, with red fruit, mild spice and a mineral touch. Gamay from Fleurie undergoes semi-carbonic maceration before resting in stainless steel, preserving freshness and direct fruit character. Fine, silky tannins bring a supple texture to the dry red profile.
Sébastien Morin 2020 Arcane
French Red
Deep fruit and fine tannins shape the profile. Gamay comes from old vines on sandy granitic soils near the cellar in Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières. Seventy percent of the fruit is destemmed and layered with whole bunches for fermentation. The vineyard is farmed organically without certification. Fermentation is spontaneous, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered, with no additives.
Domaine Marcel Lapierre 2014 Morgon
French Red
Cherry and liquorice appear with a subtle violet note in this red wine. The palate is full-bodied and balanced, with a clean opening. Gamay comes from dry, poor granitic sand. Grapes are harvested by hand and undergo traditional semi-carbonic maceration for ten to twenty-one days without added sulfur dioxide or cultured yeast, followed by nine months in 216-litre vessels.
Kewin Descombes 2022 Cuvée Kéké Beaujolais
French Red
Fresh red fruit appears with cherry, raspberry, peony and pink pepper. The wine is light-bodied and dry, with lively acidity, soft tannins and a delicate texture. Gamay provides the full composition, and the wine is made without oak. Blackcurrant, strawberry, rhubarb and white pepper add further detail, while slate-like freshness accompanies the juicy fruit. Alcohol is twelve and a half percent.
Le Grappin 2023 Beaujolais-Villages
French Red
Whole clusters from fifty-year-old, gobelet-trained Gamay vines are fermented semi-carbonically in concrete for several weeks. The wine is then pressed into an oak vat for nine months of ageing before being racked and bottled without fining, filtration or added sulphur. Granite and schist underlie the Les Raisses site in Lancié, next to Fleurie. Retained carbon dioxide gives the finished wine a slight prickle, and alcohol is twelve percent.
Louis Jadot Château des Jacques 2014 Moulin-à-Vent
French Red
Floral notes and deeper red fruit sit with modest vanilla and salinity. Wood and pepper are also present. The wine is vibrant and full-bodied, with fine-grained tannins, acidity that emerges late, a mineral background, grip and length. Gamay is drawn from eight Moulin-à-Vent terroirs, including Rochegrès, Carquelin, Champ de Cour, Thorins, Vérillats, La Roche, La Rochelle and Aux Caves.
La Soeur Cadette 2024 Juliénas
French Red
Perfumed plum, juicy raspberry, cassis, red fruit and spice accompany mineral texture and fine tannins. Gamay comes from two sites with blue granite and sandy soils, where the vines average around eighty years. Whole clusters ferment in concrete before eight to ten months in older barrels. Native yeast is used. A scrubby herbal note appears on the finish, and alcohol is twelve and a half percent.
Domaine Julien Sunier 2022 Régnié
French Red
Vine peach and a smooth texture accompany velvety tannins in this Régnié. Gamay Noir comes from certified-organic south-facing parcels between 280 and 400 metres, with vines averaging sixty years on sandy pink granite. Whole bunches undergo carbonic fermentation with native yeast in concrete. After slow pressing, the wine matures for nine months in equal parts foudre and barrel.
Maison En Belles Lies 2019 Beaujolais-Villages
French Red
Gamay comes from a four-hectare parcel in Quincié-en-Beaujolais, where the soils include schist, basalt, granite and quartzite. Many vines are more than a century old. Whole clusters ferment in open wooden vats with light foot treading and no pump-overs. The wine spends eighteen months in barrel and has ripe fruit, fresh acidity and concentrated character.
Laurence & Rémi Dufaitre 2021 Cuvée 1000°F Gamay Chardonnay
French Red
Gamay and Chardonnay are co-fermented in this strongly rosé-coloured red. The vines grow in sandy soils around the house, and this was the second vintage of the cuvée. Floral notes and spice accompany a fresh, juicy and flavourful profile. The wine is classified as Vin de France, comes from Beaujolais and contains twelve percent alcohol.
Laurence et Rémi Dufaitre 2019 Côte de Brouilly
French Red
Deep red fruit appears in a round, juicy profile with energy and complexity. A faint shimmer of tannin is present in the finish without grain. The Gamay comes from seventy-year-old vines on blue volcanic rock. Carbonic maceration and concrete are used, with no sulphur added and no filtration. Fresh acidity is also present, and the wine contains thirteen percent alcohol.
Domaine Chapel 2018 Fleurie Charbonnières Vieilles Vignes
French Red
Raspberry, cherry, rose petal, liquorice, herbs and flowers shape the profile. The palate is layered and medium to full bodied, with succulent acidity and saline character. Velvety texture accompanies supple tannins and a long, mineral-accented finish. Gamay comes from the forest-enclosed Charbonnières parcel, where granite bedrock lies beneath granitic sand and weathered rock fragments. Whole clusters undergo semi-carbonic maceration with indigenous yeast, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Jean-Claude Lapalu 2022 Brouilly Vieilles Vignes
French Red
Plum compote, darker fruit and black cherry appear in a compact profile with firm tannins, integrated acidity and fruit through the finish. Gamay comes from old vines on granite soils. The grapes are harvested by hand and vinified as whole clusters through carbonic maceration for about two weeks. Pressing lasts about twenty-four hours. Malolactic fermentation, blending and maturation in stainless steel are also part of the cellar work.
Domaine Chapel 2017 Juliénas Côte de Bessay
French Red
Red cherry and spice sit within a supple, fresh and bright profile. The wine is juicy and light in style, with crunchy red fruit and integrated tannins. Gamay comes from the four-hectare Côte de Bessay plot at the edge of Juliénas, where blue stones and granite are present. A low-extraction, carbonic approach is used in the cellar.
Jean-Claude Lapalu 2022 Côte de Brouilly
French Red
Concentrated black cherry and slate-spice aromas are present with density, ripe tannins, mild acidity and mineral extract. The structure is juicy and compact. The north-facing vineyard lies on blue stone and clay. The palate is direct and silky, becoming more velvety as tannin rises. Energy and fresh flavour complexity are present, with sweet flavours in the finish.
Jean-Paul & Charly Thévenet 2020 Morgon Tradition
French Red
The colour is translucent garnet with a purplish cast. Cherry and raspberry appear with white pepper. The palate is round and ample, with ripe tannins and a sustained grip on the finish. This dry red is made entirely from Gamay. Maturation takes place in stainless-steel tanks and used barriques. The wine carries thirteen percent alcohol and comes from Morgon in Beaujolais.
Jules Métras 2023 Chica Vin de France Rouge
French Red
Smoky notes accompany tart, juicy red fruit, and the finish is salivating and lightly peppered. The Gamay undergoes cold carbonic maceration as whole bunches. No oenological inputs or added sulphites are used, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered. Total sulphites remain below 20 mg/L. Serve at 14°C and decant for thirty minutes. Suggested pairings include charcuterie and cheese.