2023 Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Villages Saint Etienne La Varenne Les Vignes de Paradis This fresh fruited wine his

This fresh fruited wine his only Pinot Noir

On the palate this is outrageously mineral – it has the signature firmness and rigidity of limestone

This is an estate we were introduced to by Klaus Peter Keller

The very oldest vines at the family vineyard

2023 Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Villages Saint Etienne La Varenne Les Vignes de Paradis This fresh fruited wine hisSourced from the hillside parcel of Les Tours in the village of Saint Etienne la Varenne near the Crus of Brouilly and Cote de Brouilly. At harvest, grapes are picked into small bins and refrigerated before going into the vat for semi carbonic maceration. Justin vinifies his wines in a sphere shaped fiberglass tank that you turn on its axis as opposed to using a pump over method. This is done most frequently in the final days of maceration,