Les Nuits Fresches 2022 Domaine David Beaupere Chill it well

Chill it well

draws the labels and looks after the horse and the sheep that work alongside them

with the crunch of fresh fruit and none of the sweetness cooked out of it

on the edge of the Bugey where the Jura massif runs into the Alpine foothills

"Les Trois Verres" 2023 marries approachable fruit with a hint of serious depth

Les Nuits Fresches 2022 Domaine David Beaupere Chill it wellMarc Houtin and Alexandre Forge took over Les Vignes du Fresche in 2022, at La Pommeraye on the Mauges side of the Loire. Houtin also runs La Grange aux Belles; Forge is an oenologist of some twenty years who keeps a wine bar in Angers besides. Their twenty four hectares sit in a single unbroken parcel on a schist plateau above the river, farmed organically for more than two decades, with hedgerows and cover crops doing the work chemicals do