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Saint Amour, Dom. des Billards - 2021

Name: Saint Amour, Dom. des Billards
Brand: Dom. Des Billards
SKU: 38757
Price: 24.96 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 38757 750mL

St-Amour is the most northerly and one of the most recently added Crus in Beaujolais. Legend has it that the village was named after a Roman soldier who converted to Christianity and established a mission in Beaujolais. The wine is bright, berry red with lovely cherry fruit.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2021

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-Region

Beaujolais

Appellation/Village

St.-Amour

Producer

Dom. Des Billards

Grape Variety

Gamay

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Staff Pick Notes

What can I say? I’m a romantic and I believe in love at first sight. Or scent. When I opened this Domaine Des Billards Saint Amour, I experienced what bright and elegant Gamay should taste like. Hailing from the most Northerly Cru of Beaujolais, this red opens in the glass with a pretty bouquet of summer berries, zucchini blossoms, lavender, and cherry tomatoes. This is your everyday Beaujolais, so enjoy it. After all, all you need is love and a glass of Saint Amour for a perfect day.

- DK

Glossary

Burgundy

The range of wine styles offered in Burgundy rivals that of any other region. In Chablis, Chardonnay is left unoaked to produce lean, crisp, steely wines with incredible acidity - a far cry from the vanilla-oak bombs that so many consumers associate with this grape. Fans of rich, unctuous, and well-oaked Chardonnay will enjoy Chassagne-Montrachet, whose age-worthy offerings offer all the fatness of a California wine, yet retain a very Burgundian, mineral-driven core and great acidity....

Beaujolais

Beaujolais is the classic expression of the Gamay grape. These red wines (labeled simply “Beaujolais”) are approachable, grapey, and fun – ideal for low-pressure sipping. Beaujolais-Villages is a step up. Compared to basic Beaujolais, the rules for Beaujolais-Villages wines are more strict. Villages wine is produced in far smaller quantities. Beaujolais Nouveau is perhaps the most gulpable wine made anywhere, and it should be drunk very soon after its release, which occurs each year on the...