REGION | France, Beaujolais |
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VARIETAL | Gamay |
TYPE | Red Wine |
SIZE | 750ml |
ABV | 12.5% |
List price: | $22.79 |
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Sale price: | $16.79 |
You save: | $6.00 (26%) |
Notes | |||
"L'Ancien comes from Jean Paul's oldest vines--hence the name of the wine--in his home village of Charnay in the southern Beaujolais. They range in age from 40 to 60 years old and are planted on slopes sporting the area's signature sandy clay-limestone soils, featuring the particular local "dorée" or "golden" limestone that is laden with iron. These older vines have always been farmed organically and harvested by hand and yield small, thick-skinned Gamay berries. As for all Terres Dorées reds, the vinification is traditional Burgundian. The grapes are rigorously sorted and destemmed, crushed and fermented with indigenous yeasts in concrete vats. The wine is aged in concrete until May-June after the vintage." —winemaker |
Critical Acclaim | |||
"Pretty and perfumed, the 2021 Beaujolais l’Ancien bursts with scents of plums, cherries, sweet spices and licorice. Medium-bodied, lively and fleshy, with melting tannins and mouthwatering acids, it will delight readers nostalgic for a cooler, crunchier style of Beaujolais than recent vintages have tended to deliver." —Wine Advocate |
Attributes | Meat | Cheese | Other |
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Gamay | rich, full flavored meat dishes such as steak or lamb, some mild or simple seafood dishes | Brie, Camembert, Cheddar, Feta or Durrus | heavy cream sauces clash! |