Saburin 2021

The Saburin lieu-dit is one of the nine named sub-zones within the Brouilly cru, perched on a steep south-facing hillside at 350 metres altitude between Odenas and Quincié-en-Beaujolais. Nicolas Chemarin’s 0.43-hectare parcel sits on thin, sandy pink granite — the kind of soil that forces vines to dig deep and rewards them with wines of focused, mineral intensity. The vines are gobelet-pruned and densely planted. Whole-cluster carbonic maceration for 15 days captures a gorgeous range of fresh red fruit: kirsch, wild strawberry, and a whisper of violets. The wine rests on fine lees through winter before an unfiltered bottling with only a trace of sulphur added at disgorgement, timed to the waning moon. Light-bodied but with real depth, this is Brouilly at its most expressive — immediate pleasure with genuine terroir character underneath