2023 Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Villages Saint Etienne La Varenne Les Vignes de Paradis one of which houses his

one of which houses his iconic Cruz del Mar Amontillado solera

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

but the back label was quite informative and mentioned 48 months under a veil of flor yeasts (48 months sous voile) in 228-liter oak barrels

and partially in a larger open top ferment

2023 Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Villages Saint Etienne La Varenne Les Vignes de Paradis one of which houses 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,