Elisa Guerin Beaujolais Villages 2022

Elisa Guérin’s only négoce bottling, purchased from two growers in cooler microclimates. 10,000 vines per hectare under gobelet pruning with close control of yields. The soils in the vineyard from are Quincié-en-Beaujolais blue schist and limestone; on a northern exposure. The soils in the Lantignié site are granitic sandy soil, with a high southeast exposure at 400m. 50 year-old vines. Vinification is in the traditional Beaujolais fermentation style with indigenous yeasts: carbonic maceration of whole clusters. Soft pumpover, twice during fermentation. No punchdowns. Slow press. Aged one winter in stainless steel tanks. Unfined, unfiltered, minimal SO2 added before bottling.