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J.L. Dutraive (Grand'Cour), Fleurie Cuvee VV Le Clos, 2023

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Jean-Louis Dutraive is basically the Jedi master of Fleurie, and “Le Clos” Vieilles Vignes is his signature move: old-vine Gamay from the family’s Clos de la Grand’Cour, made with love, whole clusters, and zero funny business.

The 2023 is everything you want from Dutraive—pure, lifted red fruit (think wild strawberry and sour cherry), loads of violets and spice, and that soft, almost weightless texture that somehow still carries depth. It’s perfumed, alive, and just the right amount untamed.

Drink it slightly chilled with roast chicken, mushroom tarts, or nothing at all—it’s the kind of bottle that turns casual dinners into three-hour hangs. Natural wine with true finesse.

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Over the past three decades, Jean-Louis Dutraive has quietly established himself as one of the best winemakers in Beaujolais, and one of the most involved members of the French wine community. In both Fleurie and Brouilly, his wines are highly traditional, terroir-driven and unmistakably Dutraive-ian in style: muscular, plush and more than a bit fauve. These are exuberant, fruit-forward cru Beaujolais, with distinct tannin structure.

A rarity for a 21st century winemaker, each of Jean-Louis's three children want to follow in his footsteps as vignerons—which will, in time, entail splitting a relatively small domaine three ways, thanks to French inheritance laws. In the meantime, it means sourcing certified organic grapes from friends and neighbors to create silky, energetic wines under the Famille Dutraive label. As the region has been ravaged by hail in recent vintages, this project is especially crucial, and these classic, semi-carbonic wines speak to the very soul of Beaujolais.

Then there’s twenty-something Justin, whose first standalone vintage was in 2015. His wines are truly wild, typically released without even a touch of sulfur, and if his father’s wines are muscular, his are wiry and graceful. Transparently raspberry-red in color, with bright acidity and a savory hit of dried herb, it’s no surprise that these wines are darlings of the natural wine scene.

What importer Polaner Selections has to say about this wine...

Vineyard
A true clos (walled vineyard) and eight hectare monopole of the Dutraive family. Made from the oldest vines in the vineyard, planted in the 1940s.
Soil
Very little topsoil (a dusting) before hitting granite.
Viticulture
No herbacides or pesticides, organically farmed (certified since 2009), soils are worked, all fruit is hand-harvested.
Vinification
Traditional vinification without sulfur and with natural yeast at very low temperatures. Carbonic maceration and little or no filtering. Jean-Louis' motto in the cellar is "minimal intervention and maximum surveillance."
Aging
11-12 months in 1-4 year old french oak barrels.

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Gamay

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Natural

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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