In the glass
What it pairs with
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Coq au vin du Beaujolais
Classic regional pairing: Gamay stewed chicken with Gamay wine. -
Pâté en croûte lyonnais
Medium-tannin Régnié cuts through the buttery pastry and rich meat pâté. -
Crottin de Chavignol
Bright cherry Gamay pairs naturally with the Loire goat's cheese.
History
Domaine Jean-Marc Desprès farms Régnié, the youngest Beaujolais cru (promoted 1988), from granite-sandy soils in the village of Régnié-Durette.
- 1988 — Régnié elevated to cru status, becoming the tenth and youngest Beaujolais cru
- 1995 — Desprès begins estate-bottling Régnié
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine Jean-Marc Desprès
- Grapes
- Gamay
- Classification
- Régnié AOC
- Oak
- Old barrels 6-8 months
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- €12-16 at retail
- Drinking window
- 2-6 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1995