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Beaujolais Nouveau, Jean Claude Lapalu 2022
Jean Claude Lapalu
Beaujolais Nouveau is once again upon us… The third Thursday of every November marks the celebration of the commercial release of the first wines from the current vintage. These wines are the ultimate Vin de Soif - juicy and full of energy.
Jean-Claude Lapalu is a third generation winemaker but only began his own domaine in 1996. Previously, his family had been grape growers selling to the cooperative. He didn’t have a clear idea of the wines he wanted to make at that stage, only an idea of the wines he didn’t want to make. It took him 5 or 6 years to get rid of the additives and interventions he’d learned about at the wine school he attended in Charentay. Altogether, he has 12 hectares of vines in total, most of which are old (60–80 years), and which are farmed organically.
Producer Domaine Jean-Claude Lapalu
Origin Saint-Etienne-La-Varenne, Brouilly, Beaujolais, France
Grapes Gamay
Vintage 2022
Alcohol 12.5% ABV
Style Medium light body natural red
Bottle size 750ml
Winemaking Manual harvested, carbonic maceration destemmed with traditional vinification. 10-20 days cuvaison, then rested for a month. No filtration, no fining, a tiny amount of sulphur added at bottling only.
Notes Organic, Natural, Biodynamic