Notes from Planet Wines:

"It was in a vineyard perched above the village of Beaujeu, in the heart of the Beaujolais region, that Jean-Michel Dupré began his story with a farm and vineyard of just 2 hectares left by his father. After converting the buildings into a winery, he went in search of well-situated plots in Beaujolais, Beaujolais Villages, Morgon and Regnié. The particularity of his vineyard lies in the age of his vines, some of which are a hundred years old."

This is an energetic, terroir-driven expression of Gamay Noir crafted by dynamic grower Jean-Michel Dupré. Sourced from a specialized parcel originally planted in the 1940s by Dupré’s uncle Lili, this cuvée maximizes the distinct structural advantages of old-growth architecture. Cultivated using strict organic viticulture principles, the low-yielding old vines plunge deep into the signature pink argilo-granitic sands of the Régnié cru, perched between 300 and 400 meters of elevation with a highly favorable, sun-drenched southern exposure.

On the vinification side, Dupré utilizes classic whole-cluster traditional maceration inside temperature-controlled vats, letting the native yeast and whole bunches trigger a semi-carbonic gush of primary fruit energy. The wine undergoes its élevage over the winter and spring in concrete foudres before finishing in neutral enamel tanks during the summer, entirely bypassing heavy oak to keep the focus on varietal purity. For structural geeks, the 2024 vintage delivers a gushing core of wild blackberry, crushed raspberry, and violet, framed by crunchy, lightly sappy tannins and a distinctive, graphite-like mineral backbone that guarantees a beautiful aging trajectory over the next 5 to 10 years.