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2024 Beaujolais Blanc
Domaine Dupeuble
For decades, wine merchants have lumped the Beaujolais and Burgundy together, sometimes in an effort to give the former the latter’s luster, and sometimes because their proximity has led many to consider Beaujolais a southerly extension of Burgundy. In 2025, however, we distinguish clearly between the two regions not only because they are home to two very different wine cultures, but also because Burgundian Pinot Noir and Beaujolais Gamay yield two very different wines.
What the two regions do share, though, are terroirs well suited to Chardonnay. While much of the Beaujolais is known for its granite soils, it is also home to patches of clay and limestone, which serve as the foundational terroir element of Burgundy. These calcareous soils, along with the relatively mild continental climate of this stretch of land north of Lyon, allow Chardonnay to fully ripen without becoming too sunny and concentrated.
For this cuvée, Ghislaine Dupeuble and her brother Stéphane apply the same experienced touch they’ve spent years honing with their Beaujolais rouge. Refined, balanced, and charming, this blanc evokes perfectly ripe orchard fruit, citrus, and spring flowers and serves as a beautiful accompaniment to Gary Podesto’s saffron stracciatella.
You can find Gary Podesto’s recipe here.
—Tom Wolf
| Wine Type: | white |
| Vintage: | 2024 |
| Bottle Size: | 750mL |
| Blend: | Chardonnay |
| Appellation: | Beaujolais |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Beaujolais |
| Producer: | Domaine Dupeuble |
| Winemaker: | The Dupeuble Family |
| Vineyard: | 2 ha |
| Soil: | Clay, Limestone |
| Aging: | Grapes are pressed and held in stainless steel tank for a brief cold-soak |
| Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
| Alcohol: | 13.5% |
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About The Producer
Domaine Dupeuble
About The Region
Beaujolais
After years of the region’s reputation being co-opted by mass-produced Beaujolais Nouveau and the prevalence of industrial farming, the fortunes of vignerons from the Beaujolais have been on the rise in the past couple of decades. Much of this change is due to Jules Chauvet, a prominent Beaujolais producer who Kermit worked with in the 1980s and arguably the father of the natural wine movement, who advocated not using herbicides or pesticides in vineyards, not chaptalizing, fermenting with ambient yeasts, and vinifying without SO2. Chief among Chauvet’s followers was Marcel Lapierre and his three friends, Jean Foillard, Guy Breton, and Jean-Paul Thévenet—a group of Morgon producers who Kermit dubbed “the Gang of Four.” The espousal of Chauvet’s methods led to a dramatic change in quality of wines from Beaujolais and with that an increased interest and appreciation for the AOC crus, Villages, and regular Beaujolais bottlings.
The crus of Beaujolais are interpreted through the Gamay grape and each illuminate the variety of great terroirs available in the region. Distinguishing itself from the clay and limestone of Burgundy, Beaujolais soils are predominantly decomposed granite, with pockets of blue volcanic rock. The primary vinification method is carbonic maceration, where grapes are not crushed, but instead whole clusters are placed in a tank, thus allowing fermentation to take place inside each grape berry.
Much like the easy-going and friendly nature of many Beaujolais vignerons, the wines too have a lively and easy-drinking spirit. They are versatile at table but make particularly good matches with the local pork sausages and charcuterie. Though often considered a wine that must be drunk young, many of the top crus offer great aging potential.
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Trust the great winemakers, trust the great vineyards. Your wine merchant might even be trustworthy. In the long run, that vintage strip may be the least important guide to quality on your bottle of wine.—Kermit Lynch