Chiroubles

Elisa Guerin

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Chiroubles

Variety

100% Gamay

From a single 1.2 acre parcel in the lieu-dit 'Les Genêts' on sandy soils with rocks of pink granite.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Les Genêts

Soil type

Sandy soils with rocks of pink granite

Vine age60 to 100 years old

Vineyard size1.2 acre

Vinification

Semi-carbonic maceration of whole clusters with native yeasts in concrete tanks of 54hL. Temperature controlled and kept below 25 °C. No mechanical intervention, no added enzymes, and no filtration

Elevage8 months in concrete tanks

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average1,800 bottles

More about
the producer

Elisa Guerin

Founded in 2018

4.2 hectares

Elisa Guérin delivers a fresh new vision for Moulin-à-Vent and a reminder of how noble a grape Gamay can be. Elisa crafts not only joyous wines for early drinking—full of violet, cherry and wilted roses—but also intense-yet-harmonious, ageworthy wines with notes of undergrowth and steeped black tea that provide tannin and structure. The Guérin family holdings reintroduce a prestigious terroir that is a revelation to even the most knowledgeable Beaujolais consumer.

Elisa started her studies in agronomy in Dijon, followed by a few years working as a buyer of local agricultural products for Parisian chefs. Elisa settled back at her family estate in Moulin-à-Vent in 2018; the return was inevitable. Elisa was raised with childhood friends Ophélie Dutraive and Alex Foillard, and...