Guy Breton Regnie, Beaujolais, France

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Light-bodied and tangy, featuring raspberry and red currant notes, edged with white pepper, herb and orange tea details. Light tannins frame the mineral-driven finish. Distinct in style. Drink now through 2022. 410 cases imported.??–GS??Region: France / Beaujolais / Régnié Select to Add

The 2013 Regnie comes from 35- and 100-year-old vines on granite and sand soils. It has a sedate bouquet that lets you come to it, rather than it leaping out of the glass at you. The palate is fleshy and ripe on the entry with succulent wild strawberry and cranberry fruit, well-judged acidity and surprising density on the finish for a Regnie. There is an engaging focus here, although it will repay a couple of years in the cellar. Drink 2016-2022. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley CA; tel. (510) 524-1524

The 2012 Regnie does not possess the same fruite on the nose as the 2013, although the red currant and dusky strawberry fruit retains respectable delineation. The palate is simple with strawberry and red cherry fruit tinged with tomato vine, decent acidity with a light easy-drinking finish. Drink now-2017. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley CA; tel. (510) 524-1524

At a mere 12% alcohol, Guy Breton’s 2011 Regnie displays correspondingly delightful lift and refreshment, its amalgam of fresh strawberry and red raspberry tinged with grenadine, kirsch distillate, and maraschino juices. Stimulatingly bitter hints of quinine, fruit pit and licorice lend counterpoint to the long finish of this low-alcohol, seamlessly refined and silken-textured fruit cocktail. You may say, “It’s pretty pricey for a Regnie,” but the fact is that some of the growers who have lately been demonstrating the outstanding potential of this cru need to both make a statement about its quality potential and recoup sufficient return to improve and expand their vineyards. I would tentatively plan on enjoying this beauty by 2015. Imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524

A traditional style, light-bodied and elegant, with floral and spice overtones accenting flavors of dried strawberry, sandalwood, leather and raspberry. Offers a lasting, creamy finish. Drink now through 2018. 100 cases imported.??–AN??Region: France / Beaujolais / Régnié Select to Add