Thibault Ducroux Beaujolais 'En Roue Libre' 2023 Gifts

Thibault Ducroux Beaujolais 'En Roue Libre' 2023 GiftsThibault Ducroux farms these Gamay grapes on clay and silt soils himself, then ferments the wine via traditional whole cluster carbonic maceration, then aged in concrete for eight months. It's only Ducroux's second vintage, but these are natural Beaujolais to look out for: fresh, fruity, and with verve. 'En roue libre' translates to 'freewheeling,' or cycling in a neutral gear: a nod to Ducroux's passion for competitive cycling, as well as hands off,

Amazing with pork or lamb

Most amari are made with botanicals that aren't necessarily native to the places where people are crafting them

That last grape is what gives this wine its color

Maker's Mark is made with soft red winter wheat

It's a tense

come together to make a dark

'En roue libre' translates to 'freewheeling

land of citrus and sunny hard herbs

red berries

stately iteration of Gamay

adult root beer

One of the wilder wines made of apples we know of: fuller-bodied