Georges Descombes Regnie

Cru Beaujolais

Tasting note:

The Régnié 2018 from Georges Descombes is a finely balanced wine. Régnié is the most recent Cru in Beaujolais. Stylistically, the wines have a beautiful velvety charm. They excel with an attractive fruitiness and lively freshness, making them perfect for drinking. The best Regnie, like this one, can age further. This 2018 is a beauty and has a vibrant magenta/pink color with attractive fruity aromas (candied strawberry, spices, flowers..)

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Georges Descombes took over from his father in 1988 and now farms 15 hectares in Brouilly, Régnié, Morgon, Beaujolais Villages, Beaujolais and Chiroubles, with the winery in the hamlet of Vermont, northeast of Villié-Morgon. Inspired by the wines of Marcel Lapierre and others, Georges' wines are firmly in the "natural" camp and his farming is certified organic - not always the case with other natural producers in Beaujolais. Grapes are harvested by hand in whole clusters and pressed very slowly in an old vertical press with modern, precise pressure control, fermented with natural yeasts in a long, low temperature semi-carbonic maceration - minimal or zero sulfur is used, only for bottling. (About 10 - 20 mg/L in 2018.) Descombes is a true master of this type of winemaking - starting of course with great agriculture, bringing beautifully complex aromas and beautiful fruit to the palate, undiminished by excess SO2, beautifully balanced, clean and long . In short, Descombes wines are among the best and most consistent in Beaujolais and its 2018 wines are simply excellent!