Christophe Pacalet Beaujolais Nouveau 2015

In a way, this wine is the antithesis of Beaujolais Nouveau: it's a supreme terroir expression, but it possesses the same unadorned, pure red fruit that marks the young wines we celebrate every November. Christophe Pacelet is the nephew of the late, great Marcel Lapierre, and he farms his fruit and makes his wine in the same natural manner. 

The result is a delicate, raspberry-scented light red, alive with red-fruit flavours, bracing acidity, mild tannins and a forceful, stony finish. Humming with life and arrestingly feral, try it with grilled saucisson, braised rabbit with Dijon, or simple charcuterie.