Chiroubles: Domaine des Roches du Py Chatenay

Offering a deep ruby red, Beaujolais is more than just a wine; it's an agricultural region that produces as many as 2.3 billion bottles of red wine per year. This French wine is renowned for its fruity taste and robust structure and has been popular since the 19th century. Beaujolais wines are also rich in pigments of carotenoids which give the wines their characteristic dark purple hue. The wine is typically made from the Gamay grape which is one of the darkest of red grapes.

One of the ten Beaujolais Crus, set on the high-altitude granite slopes in the north of the region, made exclusively from Gamay. The highest of the Crus, its cooler elevation gives wines of great delicacy and freshness, typically the lightest and most floral of the ten. Expect vivid aromas of violet, peony, and fresh red fruit such as cherry and raspberry, with a silky, supple palate.