Discover the top 100 best wines of Beaujolais-Villages of Beaujolais-Villages as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Beaujolais-Villages and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Quality, gourmet Beaujolais of Gamay. Fruity, crunchy reds with signature notes of cherry, raspberry, crushed strawberry and flowers (peony, violet), supple tannins and a thirst-quenching palate. Intermediate quality between generic Beaujolais and the 10 Crus, across 38 communes of the vineyard's northern hillsides. A few minority rosés and Chardonnay whites.
Granitic and schistous soils, semi-continental climate. ~3,050 ha. The quintessential friends' wine, to serve chilled.
Light, juicy reds, low in tannins with crunchy freshness, showing aromas of wild strawberry, raspberry, banana (from carbonic maceration) and peony. Easy-drinking style of Beaujolais Nouveau, more structured and mineral on the granites of the ten crus (Morgon, Moulin-à-Vent, Fleurie, Brouilly). Also in Touraine, Auvergne and Swiss Romande. A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc.
wines from the region of Beaujolais-Villages go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of cannelloni au gratin stuffed with bolognese sauce, bacon and mushroom tagliatelle or tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat.
On the nose in the region of Beaujolais-Villages often reveals types of flavors of cherry, grapefruit or smoke and sometimes also flavors of apples, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth in the region of Beaujolais-Villages is a with a nice freshness.
