Elisa Guerin Beaujolais Villages 2025
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The Land
Beaujolais-Villages is often read as the step below the ten crus, but the line is drawn by appellation, not by rock. Élisa Guérin's Beaujolais-Villages comes from Gamay in Quincié-en-Beaujolais, a hill village in the center of the region where the ground can change within a single parcel. Her vines grow over decomposed and sandy granite mixed with blue stone schist and pockets of limestone. Granite drains fast and keeps vigor in check, which concentrates the fruit; the blue stone adds a darker, firmer edge. These are the same building blocks found in the crus, which is why this Beaujolais-Villages red wine carries more mineral grip than its label suggests.
The Wine
Élisa Guérin Beaujolais-Villages 2025 is 100% Gamay. In earlier vintages she has harvested whole clusters into small cases, filled the vats with CO2 for a carbonic-style start, macerated for about 10 days, and raised the wine in stainless steel. Intact bunches and steel keep the fruit pure and the tannin fine. Expect candied strawberry, kirsch and crushed red berries, a silky, translucent middle, and a bright, fresh finish. The 2025 season brought the hottest June in Beaujolais since 1993 and an early-August heat wave that shriveled berries on south-facing slopes before rain around August 20 restored balance. Picking began August 29, about a week early, and heat, mildew, poor fruit set and hail left Beaujolais with its lowest yields in at least 35 years.
The People
Élisa Guérin grew up in Moulin-à-Vent, the daughter of Philippe Guérin of Domaine du Moulin d'Eole in Chénas, who for years sold much of his crop to Georges Duboeuf. Her childhood friends included Ophélie Dutraive and Alex Foillard, children of two of the region's natural wine leaders, and since 2014 she has made a wine each year with la bande des copines, a group of winemakers' daughters. She studied in Dijon and worked in Paris, including as a commercial agent for the fine-food wholesaler Terroirs d'Avenir, before releasing her first vintage in 2018 and starting the conversion to organic farming right away. Philippe has since retired, and Élisa now runs the family domaine, fully converted to organics. She designs the wildflower labels herself.
Food Pairing
Chill it for 20 minutes and keep the food simple. Roast chicken with tarragon and crisp potatoes lets the red fruit play against browned skin. A Lyonnaise salad of frisée, lardons, croutons and a soft-poached egg works because the acidity slices through the bacon fat and runny yolk. Grilled pork chops with sautéed apples and onions mirror the wine's candied fruit, and a mushroom and fontina pizza draws out the earthy, stony side. This is the Gamay from Beaujolais to keep in the fridge door all winter for nights when dinner needs a lift.
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Beaujolais stands on its own as a unique source of the world's greatest Gamay wines and one of the birthplaces of the natural wine movement. The 10 crus on the north side provide the most serious versions including Morgon and Moulin-a-Vent, but the more basic reds further south are vibrant and affordable. There's also a rare white made from Chardonnay.
Beaujolais
A red wine grape most associated with Beaujolais, Gamay makes fresh, fruity red wines with berry and violet aromas. It is grown around the world outside of France where it is often a darker and less tannic cousin to Pinot Noir in cool climate regions such as Oregon and Victoria.
