Celine & Nicholas Hirsch Chenas 2022 Vintage:2022 violets and gentian root on

violets and gentian root on the nose

because at the end of the day it is much easier to sell a wine we might buy ourselves

and for five generations they’ve made wine at Chateau Pineraie

John decided to make a small test batch of wine to see where things stood

Celine & Nicholas Hirsch Chenas 2022 Vintage:2022 violets and gentian root onCeline and Nicholas Hirsch came to Beaujolais to make wine on what they call a human scale. They own a small domaine centered in the village of Chenas, vineyards planted mostly with old vines on the granite gravel soils of the region. They make wine gently, with short macerations on the skins and gentle press cycles, to yield an even tempered wine that showcases site and soil. They do not use the whole cluster fermentation and carbonic maceration