New Arrivals from Guy Breton
by Jane Augustine
© Joanie Bonfiglio
© Joanie Bonfiglio
New Arrivals from Guy Breton
by Jane Augustine
Guy “Max” Breton, who has been making wine in Villié-Morgon since the late ’80s, is at the peak of his powers, drawing on decades of experience in combination with a handful of new appellations for inspiration. The recently arrived 2021 offerings are purely Breton wines, made from pure Gamay, delivering pure plaisir. Here is your opportunity to spend time with a talented artist, to bask in the hedonistic pleasure that wine has to offer, and to get to know one of Beaujolais’ all-time greats across a variety of crus within a single vintage.
Let’s invoke the wisdom of Jules Chauvet, the original natural wine enthusiast who influenced Max and the likes of Marcel Lapierre and Jean Foillard, and recall that the components that make a wine qualitative—style, structure, rhythm—can’t possibly be quantified by physical-chemical analysis. Therefore, the only tried-and-true method to appreciate a wine’s artistic beauty is to call upon our innate sense of sight, taste and smell. Allons-y!
Wines In The Collection
Guy Breton France | Beaujolais
Low extraction, low alcohol, bright acidity, juicy fruit...P'tit Max's old-vine Morgon is simply hard to resist. Red wine doesn't get more delicious than this!
Guy Breton France | Beaujolais
Savor it while you can, because your glass will be empty before you know it, leaving you only with the spicy, mineral-laden aftertaste of a bottle that went down way too easily.
Guy Breton France | Beaujolais
French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan says nostalgia is the longing for a past that never was. But, hand to god, this year's Cuvee Marylou tastes just like the raspberry thumbprint cookies my mother used to make for Christmas.
Guy Breton France | Beaujolais
A relatively new addition to Guy Breton’s Beaujolais lineup, this exuberant Côte de Brouilly is flat-out delicious.
Guy Breton France | Beaujolais
Floral and succulent, bursting with notes of little red berries, but it is also delicate and light on its feet.
Guy Breton France | Beaujolais
An opulent, mouth-filling expression of granitic terroir, this bottling has the delicate floral nuances and fine-grained tannin that differentiates Fleurie from the other crus.
France | Beaujolais
Low extraction, low alcohol, bright acidity, juicy fruit...P'tit Max's old-vine Morgon is simply hard to resist. Red wine doesn't get more delicious than this!
France | Beaujolais
Savor it while you can, because your glass will be empty before you know it, leaving you only with the spicy, mineral-laden aftertaste of a bottle that went down way too easily.
France | Beaujolais
French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan says nostalgia is the longing for a past that never was. But, hand to god, this year's Cuvee Marylou tastes just like the raspberry thumbprint cookies my mother used to make for Christmas.
France | Beaujolais
A relatively new addition to Guy Breton’s Beaujolais lineup, this exuberant Côte de Brouilly is flat-out delicious.
France | Beaujolais
Floral and succulent, bursting with notes of little red berries, but it is also delicate and light on its feet.
France | Beaujolais
An opulent, mouth-filling expression of granitic terroir, this bottling has the delicate floral nuances and fine-grained tannin that differentiates Fleurie from the other crus.
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