Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2023

Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2023 is a delightfully charming, vibrant, and expressive French red wine that serves as a benchmark for high-quality, approachable Beaujolais. Crafted with Maison Joseph Drouhin's signature emphasis on elegance and biological respect for the soil, this wine is made from hand-harvested Gamay grapes sourced from selected vineyard parcels on granitic soils across the region. In the glass, it presents a brilliant, lovely raspberry color. The nose is both refined and intense, unrolling an aromatic bouquet of wild strawberries, fresh red cherries, and red fruit syrup, beautifully intermingled with delicate floral notes of violet and peony, plus a faint touch of black pepper. On the palate, it is medium-bodied, wonderfully fresh, and exceptionally silky. A lively core of crisp red berry fruits is carried by supple, fine-grained tannins and an agile acidity, maintaining its purity and juicy character all the way through a clean, lingering, and relaxed finish.

Food Pairing: Pairs beautifully with simply grilled sausages, roasted chicken, herb-stuffed roast pork, eggplant parmigiana, or light charcuterie boards.

90 Points - James Suckling

A playful, fruity and mellow red with aromas of raspberries, cherries and some black pepper. It’s medium-bodied with silky tannins. Juicy and linear with a relaxed, fruity finish. Drink now.