Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Les Tours Saint-Etienne La Varenne 2022

Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Les Tours Saint-Etienne La Varenne 2022

Justin Dutraive
$36.00

Grape: Gamay
Vintage: 2022
Type: Red

The Justin Dutraive Beaujolais Les Tours Saint-Etienne La Varenne 2022 offers a vibrant and expressive nose brimming with bright red fruit like raspberries and cherries, underscored by subtle hints of violet and a touch of peppery spice. On the palate, it's light to medium-bodied with a juicy acidity that enlivens the core of fresh fruit. Silky tannins provide a gentle structure, leading to a clean and refreshing finish with lingering notes of red berries and a whisper of earth. This is a charming and approachable Beaujolais that beautifully showcases the purity of Gamay from organically farmed hillside vines.

 

Justin Dutraive represents the next generation of the Dutraive family in Beaujolais, carrying forward the natural-wine instincts of Fleurie while building his own identity. The son of Jean-Louis Dutraive, Justin began making wines under his own label from organically farmed parcels and carefully selected fruit, working with the same respect for whole clusters, native yeasts and minimal sulfur that shaped his father's reputation. His wines are bright, energetic and immediate, but they are not casual. They show a young vigneron's desire to keep Beaujolais vivid and drinkable while still honoring the granitic soils and old-vine material that make the region matter.