Yeah, it's Beaujolais....but this is Cru Beaujolais from a master of terroir and natural winemaking, from a family that is legendary of changing the way wines from Beaujolias express themselves. A beautiful intense purple, the nose expresses notes of cassis, blackberry, and alpine strawberry - flavors that are echoed on the palate. This wine exhibits a more powerful structure than most Beaujolais offerings, also giving components of mineral, good length and soft tannins. With a flowery note of violets in the nose, this wine allies red and black fruit with fine tannins and a more mineral structure. After working as a chef for four years, Christophe Pacalet returned to his native Beaujolais to study wine-making with his uncle, Marcel Lapierre, one of the legendary, iconic winemakers of Beaujolais. Like a growing number of young wine-makers, Pacalet does not own land, but rents carefully selected parcels based on the quality of the terroir and the age of the vines (40-80 years). The vines are cultivated according to strict specifications and by the principles of "lutte raisonnée"; that is, the abstention from the use of chemical herbicides, fertilizers and fungicides whenever possible. Only indigenous yeasts are involved in fermentation, and the wine is unfiltered after five to nine months of elevage