Michel Guignier, Beaujolais, 2023 Chave 2021 offering a perfect balance of

offering a perfect balance of fruit

this is a Cabernet that will only improve over the next decade

simple salads

but it still has the potential to evolve further for those who prefer to hold onto it longer

the tannins gentle

Michel Guignier, Beaujolais, 2023 Chave 2021 offering a perfect balance ofThis is Beaujolais made the hard way so it can drink the easy way. Michel Guignier farms old vine Gamay on decomposed granite around the forested village of Vauxrenard, biodynamic and organic certified, ploughing some plots with a horse and adding nothing to the wine he calls simply pure juice. All that obsessive farming pours out as pure, carefree pleasure: crunchy red berries, a whisper of earthy spice, and a silky, weightless feel with no makeup in