La Vigne de Mon Père

Elisa Guérin

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Moulin-a-Vent

Variety

100% Gamay

From the climats of 'Les Bois Maréchaux,' 'Les Burdins,' and 'La Coudrière' on eastern and northern exposures.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Les Bois Maréchaux, Les Burdins, and La Coudrière

Vine age30 - 50 years old

PruningGobelet

ExpositionEastern and northern exposure

Vinification

Semi-carbonic maceration of whole clusters with native yeasts in concrete tanks of 54hL. Temperature controlled and kept below 25 °C. One pumpover every other day. One punch down. No added enzymes

Elevage9 months in concrete tanks

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfiltered

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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...