Dufaitre Premices Beaujolais 2022

Where: Beaujolais, France
Grapes: Gamay
Body: Light / Medium
Category: Red Wine

The Prémices is easy drinking but it is anything but a simple wine. The lightness and elegance of this wine are balanced with a healthy dose of minerality and complexity that make this one for serious Gamay drinkers.

Fun Fact: The flower bud on the label represents that this wine is the first flowery taste of the new vintage.

Winemaking: The Prémices a parcel of Beaujolais-Villages vines and the grapes are fermented and aged in concrete tanks, with a very short maceration. This is an easy-drinking light style of wine.

ORGANIC  //  native yeasts  // minimal sulfites added  

2022  //  750ml  

Rémi and Laurence (his former wife) Dufaitre began purchasing vines in and around the Brouilly and Cote de Brouilly crus in 2006, he began to work the land organically, and started harvesting the grapes. Rémi started by selling his grapes to the local co-op, all the while monitoring the indigenous yeast population until he felt it was healthy enough to make his own wine. In 2010 he made and bottled his first vintage. When Jean Foillard tasted Rémi’s wine, he immediately sought him out, recognizing the obvious talent that must be behind the wine. Jean has since taken Rémi under his wing, introducing him to his vast and diverse list of Parisian clients. Remi’s wines currently have a very avid following in the bustling Paris natural wine scene as a result of this.