An impressive example of this elevated cru. The texture of the wine is beautifully soft and silky, with integrated, lightly gripping tannic structure. An elegant Beaujolais that bears the complexity of its old-vine origin. Find out more.
About the Wine
Elisa's debut Nouveau! Imported exclusively by Wayward Imports.
Pre-order now for delivery on Thursday 20th November.
100% Gamay harvested in September 2025, primarily from the site of her much-loved Beaujolais-Villages, to the south of the region in Quincie. Here, the 50 year-old vines are planted over blue schist, sandy granite and limestone, yielding mineral-flecked fruit that never fails to brim with glossy cherry and spice.
Bringing extra freshness to the mix, Elisa has also included some fruit from a new planting in the elevated Chiroubles cru. These very young vines bring brightness and vigour to a Nouveau.
This wine takes only the free-run juice from the tank, no pressing at all, so expect translucent, luminous fruit, bottled right at the point that juice turns magically becomes wine. No ageing, just straight into the bottle by mid-October 2025 and now it's here for you to enjoy the very first taste of the vintage.
Please note that as this is a pre-order product any other non-nouveau wines ordered alongside it will be held back and shipped at the same time.
About Elisa Guerin
Unlike many of the better-known dynasties of natural winemakers in Beaujolais, Elisa Guerin is not being passed the baton of established family tradition, she is forging a new path. The Guerins, based in Chénas, farm 4 hectares of vines across the Moulin-à-Vent and Chiroubles appellations that have been in the family since the early 1900s. Elisa, a trained agronomist, is the first generation to break out to pursue her vision of chemical-free viticulture over these sites and natural methods in the cellar. Very much at the beginning of what promises to be a fascinating journey, in 2019 Elisa began the long process of converting the land, with the long-term goal being to have the estate completely turned over to organics. With a strong focus on environmental impact, the plan extends to diversifying the landscape and encouraging biodiversity with the planting of hedgerows and fruit trees, and to experiment with new methods of fertilisation, using plant-based extracts and treatments. There will also be some white grapes popping up alongside all that Gamay, with plantings of Aligoté and Melon de Bourgogne. She has begun with a small production of Beaujolais-Villages, from 50 year-old vines in conversion - the first to be bottled under her own name - as well as a couple of other cuvées from a mixture of small parcels in Moulin-à-Vent, plus a wine from the higher elevation cru of Chiroubles. As the reins are, piece by piece, handed over from her father, Philippe, Elisa is also changing the way the wines are vinified; fermenting only with native yeasts, raising the wines in concrete rather than barrels and scrupulously minimising any additions, seeking to create expressions of Gamay that reflect this varied terroir of granite, limestone and schist. The wines themselves are a real labour of love and make for compelling representations of the region; a precise balance of elegance, concentration and purity of fruit, with an underlying mineral aspect. They are, above all, a real pleasure to drink and we’re so happy to be bringing them all to the UK for the first time. We can’t help but feel Elisa is destined for great things.
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