The 2024 "Exspectatia" is the only wine produced, in tiny quantities, by Thibaut and Christian in 2024. Tangy and lifted, with bright wild raspberry notes and refreshing acidity. Given the darker, black cherry leaning fruit profile of 2022 and 2023,...

Georges Descombes is one of the premiere vignerons in Beaujolais. His winemaking is very traditional; using native yeasts, semi-carbonic maceration, and very little sulfur added at bottling. The 2023 Morgon shows a bright, vivid red/black color with earth, violet and...

2020 was the first vintage of "L'Aube à Javernières" and the first Desvignes wine to not be 100% cru Morgon, coming from a parcel of 20 to 30-year-old vines in deep clay soils on the edge of Javernières, just below...

All declassified fruit from Regnie. The average vine age is 40-50 years-old. Fermented whole cluster, semi-carbonic and aged for about 7 months. The wine is beautiful! Fresh, light, and lifted with notes of wild strawberry, cherry, and raspberry. Serve with...

Christian Ducroux' 5 hectare  estate has been organic and biodynamic since 1985, and has operated as a nearly self-sufficient farm, producing its own fertilizer and compost, and plowing and harvesting almost entirely without machinery. The Gamay vines average over 60...

Alain Coudert's homage to his father Fernand is a superb Fleurie that will need three to five years in the cellar and should drink beautifully over the next ten to fifteen years or more. This is the same juice as...

Wow, A Moulin-a-Vent from Alain Coudert! Not so surprising as the "border" with Moulin-a-Vent is next to his Fleurie "Clos de la Roilette." As might be expected, the nose is marked by earth and mineral notes with spice, floral and...