Dufaitre - Next Generation Beaujolais Winemakers
When I think of Beaujolais Nouveau, I think of FUN, the life of the party. It’s the type of wine that reminds me of young love, sweet and innocent, full of charm that you just cannot help but smile when you see it, are near it or get a taste of it. That is this wine.
Husband and wife team Rémi and Laurence Dufaitre founded their domaine in 2006. They specialize in old vine Brouilly & Cote de Brouilly, Beaujolais Villages and Villages Nouveau (from 39 different Northern Brouilly villages). From the new generation of Beaujolais winemakers, a student of Chauvet’s all natural winemaking and prodigy of Gang of Four Jean Foillard, Rémi Dufaitre is all organic, hand off approach, nature do your thing please. Rémi follows the traditional carbonic style, carefully sorted whole bunches, a touch of CO2 to protect the grapes at the beginning of fermentation. He tastes the wines regularly, ALL WINES ARE treated equally, like you would your children. From the Beaujolais Nouveau all the way up to his Brouilly and Cote de Brouilly Cru. This husband and wife team make wines that have a REAL Beaujolais with a sense of terroir. This particular wine was fermented in concrete and bottled immediately with a touch of sulfur to preserve it’s freshness as is typical of this style of Beaujolais.
Dufaitre Beaujolais Nouveau Villages 2021
Domaine Laurence & Rémi Dufaitre
This bright magenta colored Beaujolais has pretty aromas of freshly picked red and black field berries (strawberry, blueberry, blackberry and raspberry), violets, sweet spice and dried herbs. The bright aromas are accompanied by the fruity sour cherry bubblegum & banana (thanks to traditional carbonic maceration), minerality and finishes on a hum of cinnamon, nutmeg, anise & savory thyme bread dough. It has bright acidity and fine light tannins. It’s a juicy, aromatic wine that has crunchy character.
This will pair beautifully with any holiday turkey dinner or as an apéro with charcuterie or just because you adore well made quaffable wine.
