Christian Ducroux

Régnié, Beaujolais

Exspectatia

2022

Gamay from vines up to ninety years old planted over pink granite. The wine was fermented as whole bunches for two weeks before being pressed to old casks for a year of elévage. A little lighter and brighter than Prologue, it is somehow more tapered and fluid too, possessing plenty of energy and a pleasantly salty, mineral character that adds complexity and intrigue.

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