Guy Breton Chiroubles "Cuvee Léa" 2023

This cru is blessed with high altitude, steep, decomposed granite slopes and a lot of old vines that are very difficult to work. If you are willing to put in the elbow grease -- which fewer and fewer seem prepared to do -- the results can be mesmerizing. The crunchy, lip-smacking berry fruit of this beauty are simply delicious, as all proper Beaujolais should be, and there is intellectual interest to boot.

Sourced from the Javernand lieu-dit. Named “Cuvée Léa” in 2019 for granddaughter's birth year.