Jean Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorées Beaujolais "L'Ancien" Vieilles Vignes 2022

Alcohol: 13% Grape(s): Gamay Localization: Beaujolais, France Tasting notes: The Beaujolais l’Ancien delivers notions of sweet berry and cherry fruit mingled with hints of licorice and spice. Medium-bodied, bright and charming, with powdery tannins and lively acids, it's classically proportioned and full of fruit. The Domain: Jean-Paul Brun started Terres Dorées in 1979 with a mere 4 hectares of vines in Charnay in the southern Beaujolais, an area which is slightly warmer and more limestone-driven versus the more renowned granite-rich cru villages in the northern Beaujolais. Today, the Charnay estate is around 30 acres, but with an additional 15 hectares farmed in the crus. The farming in Charnay is organic and includes working of the soils; the cru parcels are farmed sustainably and the soils are not worked. Harvest is by hand and of well-ripened but not over-ripened fruit, so alcohol levels are generally modest. Annual Terres Dorées production is around 350,000 bottles, 85-90% of it