Desvignes, Louis-Claude 2024 Beaujolais L'Aube à Javernières

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 the Cote du Py hill. The grapes are harvested by hand and the winemaking is consistent with most of the Desvignes wines, undergoing semi-carbonic fermentation and aged in concrete with no punchdowns. This is a fantastic wine and an incredible value - bright and lively with great texture and balance, more subtle fruit that mixes seamlessly with the strong mineral core. It certainly punches well above its weight, holding up side by side amongst the rest of the lineup.