Canaille 2023

Name: Canaille 2023
Brand: La Mai Wines
SKU: lamaiwines-canaille-2023-12.5%-750ml
Price: 75.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$75.00

Beaujolais, France · Medium Bodied

Maï Lam is French-Vietnamese and spent much of her adult life in Singapore, in and around the food and drink scene here, before moving to Beaujolais. She met Sébastien Morin there and the two now work along much the same lines: low intervention, long macerations, slow presses. Canaille is Gamay off the granite of southern Beaujolais, given a fortnight on skins and pressed slowly, with no sulphur added at any stage. It comes out bright and juicy with real lift, the acidity doing the structural work while the fruit stays crunchy rather than sweet. Rustic, in the way that word ought to mean.

Pairing Suggestions

Made by a vigneron who learned to eat in Singapore before she learned to make wine.
Its acidity was built for grease: nasi campur, or a plate of ayam pansuh.
Or andouillette, if you want the answer Beaujolais would give.

About La Mai Wines

Mai Lam, a French-Vietnamese winemaker, spent her early adult years working in Singapore. She found solace in the city’s dynamic food and wine scene, where late-night conversations over natural wines sparked a curiosity that slowly grew into obsession. She packed her bags, traded in the skyscrapers for scenic vineyards, moving to Beaujolais - a place she had long admired for its raw, coarse energy. In Beaujolais, Mai met Sébastien Morin and the two instantly clicked. Sébastien became both her mentor and partner, and together they began crafting wines that championed low intervention, long macerations, and slow presses. Mai’s fierce determination and sharp intuition brought her to her first bottling in 2024, an unapologetic reflection of her character: bold, complex, and deeply kind-hearted.

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