Domaine Longère Beaujolais Nouveau
WHY WE LOVE IT
- Domaine Longère Beaujolais Nouveau is crafted by a father-daughter team: Jean-Luc Longère and his daughters, Lisa and Laura.
- The Longère’s are passionate about producing crisp, juicy Gamay wines from their beautiful 30-year-old vines.
- The vineyard is located on a cool hillside that enjoys abundant sunshine at an elevation of 400 meters.
- The vineyard features stunning pink granite soils, which greatly benefit the grapes used to create their new cuvée.
- This wine has an alcohol content of just 12%.
Varietal Composition: 100% Gamay
Elaboration: Winemaking involves manual harvesting, thermo-regulated tanks, and maceration times that can vary from 4 to 8 days, depending on the vintage. The wine is bottled at the Domaine.
Tasting Notes: A smooth, charmingly fruity wine.
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PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Domaine Longère is situated in the beautiful region of Beaujolais, south of Burgundy. The estate is split almost evenly between the adjacent villages of Perréon and Vaux-en-Beaujolais. Vaux-en-Beaujolais was the inspiration for the fictional town of Clochemerle in the 1934 satirical novel “Clochemerle” by Gabriel Chevallier. The region within the Beaujolais Villages appellation has been referred to as “Little Tuscany.”
Jean Luc Longère was born and raised in the heart of Beaujolais at Vaux en Beaujolais and is the sixth generation of vintners in his family on his mother’s side. Longere translates to ‘piece of fabric’ and honors his father’s family who were weavers. He took over the estate and its historic 1845 house in 1988 and operates it with his wife, Régine, and their daughter Lisa.
He considers himself a “wine artisan” and is the first in his family to sell wine directly to consumers from his manageable five-hectare estate. “I chose to keep the domaine small,” he says.