Chiroubles

Elisa Guérin

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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 - 100 years old

Vineyard size0.5 Ha

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

More about
the producer

Elisa Guérin

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...