Elisa Guerin Les Thorins 2022

Grape: Gamay

Region: Beaujolais, France

Farming: Organic

Elisa Guérin delivers a fresh new vision for Moulin-à-Vent and a reminder of how noble a grape Gamay can be. Elisa crafts not only joyous wines for early drinking—full of violet, cherry and wilted roses—but also intense-yet-harmonious, ageworthy wines with notes of undergrowth and steeped black tea that provide tannin and structure. The Guérin family holdings reintroduce a prestigious terroir that is a revelation to even the most knowledgeable Beaujolais consumer. Elisa started her studies in agronomy in Dijon, followed by a few years working as a buyer of local agricultural products for Parisian chefs. Elisa settled back at her family estate in Moulin-à-Vent in 2018; the return was inevitable. Elisa was raised with childhood friends Ophélie Dutraive and Alex Foillard, and knew their wines from an early age. She always knew that one day, she would return to her family terrain to make great wines. After her return in 2018, Elisa made a small, confidential cuvée in 2018. Shortly after, Philippe Guérin officially passed the family torch, making Elisa the 4th generation steward of the family terroir.