Fleurie, 2022

Fleurie means flower, and this one smells like it - violets and roses over red fruit. A light, fresh red from old hand-picked vines.

A Fleurie from the Gauthier family, who have farmed in Beaujolais since 1953. Violet, iris and rose on the nose, red fruit with a little blackcurrant and peach, and a touch of spice at the end. Light and fresh with soft tannins. 2022 was a hot, dry year, and the old bush vines gave a small, healthy crop picked by hand.