Michel Guignier, Beaujolais, 2023 Chave 2021 It’s drinking beautifully now but

It’s drinking beautifully now but has the potential to evolve with age

defined by cooler conditions and lower yields

2012 was a warmer vintage

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

The tannins are present but ultra-fine

Michel Guignier, Beaujolais, 2023 Chave 2021 It’s drinking beautifully now butThis 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